General

  • Target

    9b178828fcd48828da65bb6e1b8a5255.exe

  • Size

    280KB

  • Sample

    220923-gx7bvshccr

  • MD5

    9b178828fcd48828da65bb6e1b8a5255

  • SHA1

    e5256245c1ece1f0d62b6c0b26f0537d296a64ae

  • SHA256

    e9c02698fef6793fda4947b08333052bf142e43377ae6b0b74acd1ab15a59af3

  • SHA512

    6ce9e7f8633d96a2db9a7041c27610b8392706b2ae68d5c69a6634607a2a0c1810c6a1268e4a9e8ebe6f18739a77b38adb377b46fd2b52374e5b99dfbf8033dc

  • SSDEEP

    6144:rIRFmfqLvoLoE9J+eMJsfe5cq5/Xr03rIigavwVfXe:rIRsqLQc+J+eMV5b/w3p5

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

tofsee

C2

svartalfheim.top

jotunheim.name

Targets

    • Target

      9b178828fcd48828da65bb6e1b8a5255.exe

    • Size

      280KB

    • MD5

      9b178828fcd48828da65bb6e1b8a5255

    • SHA1

      e5256245c1ece1f0d62b6c0b26f0537d296a64ae

    • SHA256

      e9c02698fef6793fda4947b08333052bf142e43377ae6b0b74acd1ab15a59af3

    • SHA512

      6ce9e7f8633d96a2db9a7041c27610b8392706b2ae68d5c69a6634607a2a0c1810c6a1268e4a9e8ebe6f18739a77b38adb377b46fd2b52374e5b99dfbf8033dc

    • SSDEEP

      6144:rIRFmfqLvoLoE9J+eMJsfe5cq5/Xr03rIigavwVfXe:rIRsqLQc+J+eMV5b/w3p5

    • Tofsee

      Backdoor/botnet which carries out malicious activities based on commands from a C2 server.

    • Windows security bypass

    • xmrig

      XMRig is a high performance, open source, cross platform CPU/GPU miner.

    • XMRig Miner payload

    • Creates new service(s)

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • Modifies Windows Firewall

    • Sets service image path in registry

    • Checks computer location settings

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

    • Deletes itself

    • Drops file in System32 directory

    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext

MITRE ATT&CK Matrix ATT&CK v6

Persistence

New Service

1
T1050

Modify Existing Service

1
T1031

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1
T1060

Privilege Escalation

New Service

1
T1050

Defense Evasion

Disabling Security Tools

1
T1089

Modify Registry

2
T1112

Discovery

Query Registry

1
T1012

System Information Discovery

2
T1082

Tasks