Analysis

  • max time kernel
    148s
  • max time network
    151s
  • platform
    windows10-2004_x64
  • resource
    win10v2004-20241007-en
  • resource tags

    arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20241007-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64system
  • submitted
    25/12/2024, 18:24

General

  • Target
    2024-12-25_085c0df426a67559b07390c7e519fa04_mafia.exe
  • Size 13.4MB
  • Sample241225-w15d1a1rfv
  • SHA256 b598f6bd5a40129cc3e11e473dc774d3ad4c5c0ae45850ae4b2a282de7051af3
  • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

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.

  • Tofsee family
  • Creates new service(s) 2 TTPs
  • Modifies Windows Firewall 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
  • Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

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

  • Deletes itself 1 IoCs
  • Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
  • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs
  • Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

  • Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs

    Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

  • 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.

  • Program crash 2 IoCs
  • 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.

  • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

Processes

  • C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-12-25_085c0df426a67559b07390c7e519fa04_mafia.exe
    "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-12-25_085c0df426a67559b07390c7e519fa04_mafia.exe"
    1⤵
    • Checks computer location settings
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4244
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cqjvwok\
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4136
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uptlbmom.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cqjvwok\
      2⤵
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:4544
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create cqjvwok binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cqjvwok\uptlbmom.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-12-25_085c0df426a67559b07390c7e519fa04_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:3972
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description cqjvwok "wifi internet conection"
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:116
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
      "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start cqjvwok
      2⤵
      • Launches sc.exe
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:1744
    • 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:1344
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4244 -s 1236
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:4704
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cqjvwok\uptlbmom.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cqjvwok\uptlbmom.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2024-12-25_085c0df426a67559b07390c7e519fa04_mafia.exe"
    1⤵
    • Executes dropped EXE
    • Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
    • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
    • Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1848
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
      svchost.exe
      2⤵
      • Sets service image path in registry
      • Deletes itself
      • System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
      PID:2076
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1848 -s 512
      2⤵
      • Program crash
      PID:456
  • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
    C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 408 -p 4244 -ip 4244
    1⤵
      PID:3536
    • C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
      C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 492 -p 1848 -ip 1848
      1⤵
        PID:4684

      Network

            MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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            Downloads

            uptlbmom.exe

            • Path C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\uptlbmom.exe
            • Size 11.9MB
            • SHA256 fb4e59b4c48bf8140d450590d819d1f8bcda84060bd338a6c1b17b0db961e1b7
            • MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP

            memory/1848-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

            memory/1848-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

            memory/1848-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

            memory/1848-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

            memory/2076-14-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004C5000-memory.dmp

            memory/2076-16-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004C5000-memory.dmp

            memory/2076-17-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004C5000-memory.dmp

            memory/4244-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

            memory/4244-2-0x0000000000780000-0x0000000000793000-memory.dmp

            memory/4244-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

            memory/4244-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

            memory/4244-8-0x0000000000780000-0x0000000000793000-memory.dmp

            memory/4244-1-0x00000000007F0000-0x00000000008F0000-memory.dmp