General

  • Target

    file.exe

  • Size

    259KB

  • Sample

    230515-vppczage96

  • MD5

    755dc3d00bddf9483a791e5ec4458f30

  • SHA1

    0cb42a40bbfb57e68867e8b5f07e37f13ccd3ce3

  • SHA256

    42dff7201d7e644ca0d8c5a4aa0c623fb2943b3d88f94794a2767a8aedfc30bd

  • SHA512

    ce1e776753ba8d72cf18d5443ec4ca4d602dc531567d83f30cce817c0f5e8baa7955cdb22368b729a4b082ab79b4402a5cca5b7e0418770fc09662a3a82ab29d

  • SSDEEP

    3072:8Nu55AZAuEsBHOmuTmO7WeZH7+Ql/TWmoKbyBxUWmYEUP8nJ6nY/2TpzhC97MZ:NkC0BdnOye0w3oKba2t0nNdtY7MZ

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

tofsee

C2

vanaheim.cn

jotunheim.name

Targets

    • Target

      file.exe

    • Size

      259KB

    • MD5

      755dc3d00bddf9483a791e5ec4458f30

    • SHA1

      0cb42a40bbfb57e68867e8b5f07e37f13ccd3ce3

    • SHA256

      42dff7201d7e644ca0d8c5a4aa0c623fb2943b3d88f94794a2767a8aedfc30bd

    • SHA512

      ce1e776753ba8d72cf18d5443ec4ca4d602dc531567d83f30cce817c0f5e8baa7955cdb22368b729a4b082ab79b4402a5cca5b7e0418770fc09662a3a82ab29d

    • SSDEEP

      3072:8Nu55AZAuEsBHOmuTmO7WeZH7+Ql/TWmoKbyBxUWmYEUP8nJ6nY/2TpzhC97MZ:NkC0BdnOye0w3oKba2t0nNdtY7MZ

    • 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)

    • 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

    • Executes dropped EXE

    • 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