tofsee | c0522065d5299bcfbbac65eac3213a8b6b84cf51b2a3514bea9be5f1664071f4

General

Target
2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Size 12.6MB
Sample261109-skydzagd58
SHA256 c0522065d5299bcfbbac65eac3213a8b6b84cf51b2a3514bea9be5f1664071f4
MD5 f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009
SHA1 4a62034d9277f32e67c5263db76e6036699cc065
SHA512 5f522621f074ae00f256793c683305c4135a2b453b178004cd0404dc19d74a28b094273812864329ffe4b7634ce2ca9fd8bd356b43f9b05c053c1b6a3e8bd715
SSDEEP 6144:bXxZhM5dx5uKZoqz/GD4EvgdJcC208ZrUroeMMMMMMMbx:bXzqz5uK+qCD4Bk88WoeMMMMMMMb
TLSH
T1FDD65C214AD6ACB3C974657CAB5A3B191F9CC1E1C62567E782392BC098D33922CFD41F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

Score

10^/10

defense_evasion discovery execution tofsee persistence privilege_escalation trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

tofsee

C2

43.231.4.7
lazystax.ru

Signatures

Family: Tofsee
Backdoor/botnet which carries out malicious activities based on commands from a C2 server.
trojan tofsee

Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

defense_evasion

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

pid	Process
3244	netsh.exe

Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-895009113-1202185046-1686627690-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe

Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
persistence execution

Windows Service
T1543.003

Service Execution
T1569.002

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4860	hjevmgng.exe

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

pid	Process
4988	sc.exe
1136	sc.exe
4752	sc.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Netsh.exe (also referred to as Netshell) is a command-line scripting utility used to interact with the network configuration of a system.

persistence privilege_escalation

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe

Executes a command shell one-liner 1 TTPs 2 IoCs

Execution of a cmd.exe one-liner (/c "close" or /k "keep") is a common script/loader stage.

execution

Windows Command Shell

T1059.003

pid	Process
5036	cmd.exe
1224	cmd.exe

Program crash 1 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
2936	2536	WerFault.exe	83

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 7 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 6 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 5036	2536	2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe	93
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 1224	2536	2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe	95
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 4988	2536	2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe	97
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 1136	2536	2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe	99
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 4752	2536	2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe	102
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 3244	2536	2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe	105

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2536
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\onwitole\
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:5036
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hjevmgng.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\onwitole\
  2⤵
  - Executes a command shell one-liner
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1224
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create onwitole binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\onwitole\hjevmgng.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4988
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description onwitole "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1136
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start onwitole
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4752
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\netsh.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\netsh.exe" advfirewall firewall add rule name="Host-process for services of Windows" dir=in action=allow program="C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe" enable=yes>nul
  2⤵
  - Modifies Windows Firewall
  - Event Triggered Execution: Netsh Helper DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3244
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2536 -s 1036
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:2936

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\onwitole\hjevmgng.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\onwitole\hjevmgng.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2026-11-09_f5fd2c53bf7e2bb232cf1b606d274009_amadey_elex_karagany_mafia_rhadamanthys_smoke-loader.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
PID:4860

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 2536 -ip 2536
1⤵
PID:3492

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter

1

T1059

Windows Command Shell

1

T1059.003

System Services

1

T1569

Service Execution

1

T1569.002

Persistence

Create or Modify System Process

2

T1543

Windows Service

2

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

1

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

1

T1546.007

Privilege Escalation

Create or Modify System Process

2

T1543

Windows Service

2

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

1

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

1

T1546.007

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

1

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

1

T1562.004

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

2

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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hjevmgng.exe

Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hjevmgng.exe
Size 13.7MB
SHA256 ada5833fd61d6fa12f17f3cb91ab34ffd2fb8e49222aa02517ff6e213b332549
MD5 0e5548bb015efbc87329ee701a17e911
SHA1 96f210d9e236cf14417282322b0e201808d71ed4
SHA512 bb1d1ddf4e9c61847d8c8bae203327481ce22e34d04ddad4c370fee2be1ec497449af59c19b6564611a3053a03a622d95d7a354c8c1ae1094ad274d57077bbaa
SSDEEP 6144:sXxZhM5dx5uKZoqz/GD4EvgdJcC208ZrUroeMMMMMMMbx:sXzqz5uK+qCD4Bk88WoeMMMMMMMb
TLSH
T132E65C214AD6ACB3C974657CAB5A3B191F9CC1E1C62567E782392BC098D33922CFD41F
MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH

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memory/2536-1-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000005A0000-memory.dmp

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memory/2536-2-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001D3000-memory.dmp

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memory/2536-8-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001D3000-memory.dmp

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memory/2536-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000485000-memory.dmp

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16

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