tofsee | ab29fd907470b60139c37b93d086f0b520e4edcf0e485ab90358baee202ba190

General

Target

2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe
Size

15.0MB
MD5

cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120
SHA1

8ebeabd69b3c978b08d95fa81ecfdb17c8d3ce15
SHA256

ab29fd907470b60139c37b93d086f0b520e4edcf0e485ab90358baee202ba190
SHA512

420f357ea5e44deb176d70a69e5e4e2c96c5718742317572911aaa96d872e21f80dfd054c20e2c87ac11c6af99376f692c07678e6840604b9c28df04816a3556
SSDEEP

6144:j+rWO2zeSPDjMXMH7Ll4aFpWVqIwUAP97GEwHrG2+e1x2:j+r1IeSXMXc7LlxWV4Ug97GZ+ej

Score

10^/10

tofsee discovery evasion execution persistence privilege_escalation trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

tofsee

C2

43.231.4.7

lazystax.ru

Signatures

Tofsee
Backdoor/botnet which carries out malicious activities based on commands from a C2 server.
trojan tofsee
Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
persistence execution

Windows Service
T1543.003

Service Execution
T1569.002
Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
evasion

Windows Service
T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall
T1562.004

Processes:

netsh.exe

pid process

4876 netsh.exe

pid	process
4876	netsh.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Processes:

svchost.exe

description	ioc	process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\lqpslmoi\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\lqpslmoi\\sqxtsbzq.exe"	svchost.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

Processes:

2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe

description	ioc	process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-355097885-2402257403-2971294179-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

Processes:

svchost.exe

pid process

1884 svchost.exe
Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

Processes:

sqxtsbzq.exe

pid process

2536 sqxtsbzq.exe
Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

Processes:

sqxtsbzq.exe

description pid process target process

PID 2536 set thread context of 1884 2536 sqxtsbzq.exe svchost.exe
Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs
Sc.exe is a Windows utlilty to control services on the system.

Processes:

sc.exesc.exesc.exe

pid process

1716 sc.exe
2408 sc.exe
872 sc.exe
Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

pid	process
1884	svchost.exe

pid	process
2536	sqxtsbzq.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 2536 set thread context of 1884	2536	sqxtsbzq.exe	svchost.exe

pid	process
1716	sc.exe
2408	sc.exe
872	sc.exe

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

Processes:

netsh.exe

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

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 9 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

Processes:

cmd.exesc.exesvchost.exe2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.execmd.exesc.exesc.exesqxtsbzq.exenetsh.exe

description	ioc	process
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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.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	sqxtsbzq.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

Processes:

2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exesqxtsbzq.exe

description	pid	process	target process
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 4804	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 4804	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 4804	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 1552	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 1552	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 1552	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	cmd.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 1716	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	sc.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 1716	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	sc.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 1716	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	sc.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 2408	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	sc.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 2408	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	sc.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 2408	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	sc.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 872	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	sc.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 872	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	sc.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 872	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	sc.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 4876	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	netsh.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 4876	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	netsh.exe
PID 4608 wrote to memory of 4876	4608	2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe	netsh.exe
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 1884	2536	sqxtsbzq.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 1884	2536	sqxtsbzq.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 1884	2536	sqxtsbzq.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 1884	2536	sqxtsbzq.exe	svchost.exe
PID 2536 wrote to memory of 1884	2536	sqxtsbzq.exe	svchost.exe

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4608

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\lqpslmoi\
2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:4804

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sqxtsbzq.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\lqpslmoi\
2⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1552

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create lqpslmoi binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\lqpslmoi\sqxtsbzq.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1716

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description lqpslmoi "wifi internet conection"
2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:2408

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
"C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start lqpslmoi
2⤵
- Launches sc.exe
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:872

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:4876

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\lqpslmoi\sqxtsbzq.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\lqpslmoi\sqxtsbzq.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-09-21_cb445682e33a6b13091fb9d6a70c2120_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2536

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
svchost.exe
2⤵
- Sets service image path in registry
- Deletes itself
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
PID:1884

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

System Services

1

T1569

Service Execution

1

T1569.002

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

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

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

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

Modify Registry

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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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\sqxtsbzq.exe

Filesize
13.0MB

MD5
fd5e71a58c4e469e0a6ab2ba9b5b9e22

SHA1
175a89372d7f4c7901f59ec6410872f6bbf35c2e

SHA256
3fde63e70e6af8c4eb96c35d38967aeda5dfee1f33bec119fd90e8dceab141ca

SHA512
97d3610665947e73fdfd0c5969f6ba1578e0dafcea25ec45ce5bdb9379839a847c1cd12e66d25d3e521b1de52768abd960c2576b133989e5a359eb43c9a927a2

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memory/1884-15-0x0000000000AA0000-0x0000000000AB5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1884-18-0x0000000000AA0000-0x0000000000AB5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1884-17-0x0000000000AA0000-0x0000000000AB5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1884-16-0x0000000000AA0000-0x0000000000AB5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1884-11-0x0000000000AA0000-0x0000000000AB5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2536-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2536-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/2536-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/4608-1-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000006E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/4608-6-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000051A000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1.1MB

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memory/4608-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4608-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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