tofsee | 70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe
Size

138KB
MD5

26b7ae3bc5b08c57a8fabd30e42e2d56
SHA1

23821aa60da21917095f294c5315f3ef7c4a3a19
SHA256

70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248
SHA512

9e890c9476feca005bc41fa84c50533a2a7af2ccef3f1a1e394b26cd02c009450a2139db3d829fa1f338f2f882d53ac1a24ff6575c5296fb1611ca3bae4e930d
SSDEEP

1536:oskF/KbaP0eEGzXLRfduoenpLbrtl2fx85W+esR55ZRjlcs9jU+x0n:3kseEGrFQnxb6f7FS55HjGs9j4

Score

10^/10

tofsee discovery evasion execution persistence privilege_escalation trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

tofsee

C2

defeatwax.ru

refabyd.info

Signatures

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

pid	Process
3232	netsh.exe

Sets service image path in registry 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\saeophal\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\saeophal\\qcxubaao.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

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2878641211-696417878-3864914810-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4888	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4896	qcxubaao.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4896 set thread context of 4888	4896	qcxubaao.exe	112

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
1364	sc.exe
2580	sc.exe
3620	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

Program crash 2 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
4824	4544	WerFault.exe	82
868	4896	WerFault.exe	100

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

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.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	netsh.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	qcxubaao.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2432	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	84
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2432	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	84
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2432	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	84
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2936	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	86
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2936	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	86
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2936	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	86
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1364	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	90
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1364	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	90
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 1364	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	90
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2580	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	92
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2580	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	92
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 2580	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	92
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 3620	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	98
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 3620	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	98
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 3620	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	98
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 3232	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	101
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 3232	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	101
PID 4544 wrote to memory of 3232	4544	JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe	101
PID 4896 wrote to memory of 4888	4896	qcxubaao.exe	112
PID 4896 wrote to memory of 4888	4896	qcxubaao.exe	112
PID 4896 wrote to memory of 4888	4896	qcxubaao.exe	112
PID 4896 wrote to memory of 4888	4896	qcxubaao.exe	112
PID 4896 wrote to memory of 4888	4896	qcxubaao.exe	112

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4544
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\saeophal\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2432
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qcxubaao.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\saeophal\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2936
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create saeophal binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\saeophal\qcxubaao.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1364
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description saeophal "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2580
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start saeophal
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3620
- 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:3232
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4544 -s 1036
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4824

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\saeophal\qcxubaao.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\saeophal\qcxubaao.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_70c568476aba5ca1e604d7db73d171be61a8df792fd798a76a14c8d9e510a248.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4896
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4888
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4896 -s 528
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:868

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 464 -p 4544 -ip 4544
1⤵
PID:3556

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 452 -p 4896 -ip 4896
1⤵
PID:3208

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\qcxubaao.exe

Filesize
12.7MB

MD5
79702bef403e90e76ef4b35e97c9b492

SHA1
78dcb259cf1ebfdf374f629fa332ef9eeb2ac9d9

SHA256
9975d383dfa7108963adc5c823c4380af3ab33c41cff54f17beb9f909aaf636e

SHA512
d076171f22856718a6ab033c972b0cb8306f4f35344381776576dd2de27b9b73c222d9c98f5abf21eab14b5a061b78caadefc203ac69ba69bac8466a30be2a6d

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memory/4544-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
676KB

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memory/4544-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4544-2-0x00000000020C0000-0x00000000020D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/4544-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4544-9-0x00000000020C0000-0x00000000020D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/4544-1-0x0000000000620000-0x0000000000720000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/4888-14-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004C5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4888-16-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004C5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4888-17-0x00000000004B0000-0x00000000004C5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4896-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
676KB

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memory/4896-13-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
676KB

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memory/4896-12-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
676KB

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memory/4896-18-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004A9000-memory.dmp

Filesize
676KB

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Malware Config

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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