tofsee | 163e6be7e3d945dc57382762b6857e47f6c966d0e8529ba1775cc7143e0bc39e

General

Target

2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe
Size

10.0MB
MD5

e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c
SHA1

75039b2cc40d3c616042957b016b4b9097495820
SHA256

163e6be7e3d945dc57382762b6857e47f6c966d0e8529ba1775cc7143e0bc39e
SHA512

9e8c2dd4cda0351845218bd84abc4b5dc05060b68ba50bae8281616311092443ce178a377aa97522a955da95423b8b4f6ec3ef0384945ca9ac2642d01f87c146
SSDEEP

6144:BVXdWonWCgHBEJE968VNNXSB3sFD+yZpp:7bnWvHBEJM6WNNCB36D+y

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
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
1428	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\xumqxftu\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\xumqxftu\\qtztitek.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-1-5-21-3227495264-2217614367-4027411560-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3456	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2020	qtztitek.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2020 set thread context of 3456	2020	qtztitek.exe	95

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
4884	sc.exe
2028	sc.exe
3256	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 value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe

Program crash 3 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
4612	2020	WerFault.exe	92
3000	2020	WerFault.exe	92
4196	2020	WerFault.exe	92

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	cmd.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	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	qtztitek.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 4460	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	82
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 4460	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	82
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 4460	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	82
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 4144	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	84
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 4144	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	84
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 4144	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	84
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 3256	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	86
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 3256	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	86
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 3256	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	86
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 4884	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	88
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 4884	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	88
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 4884	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	88
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 2028	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	90
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 2028	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	90
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 2028	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	90
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 1428	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	93
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 1428	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	93
PID 4972 wrote to memory of 1428	4972	2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe	93
PID 2020 wrote to memory of 3456	2020	qtztitek.exe	95
PID 2020 wrote to memory of 3456	2020	qtztitek.exe	95
PID 2020 wrote to memory of 3456	2020	qtztitek.exe	95
PID 2020 wrote to memory of 3456	2020	qtztitek.exe	95
PID 2020 wrote to memory of 3456	2020	qtztitek.exe	95

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4972
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xumqxftu\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4460
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qtztitek.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xumqxftu\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4144
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create xumqxftu binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xumqxftu\qtztitek.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3256
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description xumqxftu "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4884
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start xumqxftu
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2028
- 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:1428

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xumqxftu\qtztitek.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\xumqxftu\qtztitek.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_e131e7ea13ef16f914940ac7fa24064c_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2020
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3456
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2020 -s 660
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4612
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2020 -s 904
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:3000
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2020 -s 912
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4196

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 356 -p 2020 -ip 2020
1⤵
PID:4864

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 368 -p 2020 -ip 2020
1⤵
PID:4272

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 452 -p 2020 -ip 2020
1⤵
PID:1264

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\qtztitek.exe

Filesize
11.0MB

MD5
5e197cf94d8f30abf052bc6f2418825f

SHA1
1ab0cdedc59141f1717c24718f2c035ef6a1bdd6

SHA256
dfcd02f5696de79eea5a1fd5802b7d8881096159478cc2d1f568e2655cc5966d

SHA512
e44286646f1fb72ec4dfe0a15f0828c525a110381f82d9013e827555f8153da68f5848d31a1a0dfc4ecebe33af8be38339e9bb03006cc58134c755a84a679bcd

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memory/2020-14-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000455000-memory.dmp

Filesize
340KB

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memory/2020-12-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000455000-memory.dmp

Filesize
340KB

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memory/2020-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000455000-memory.dmp

Filesize
340KB

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memory/2020-20-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000455000-memory.dmp

Filesize
340KB

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memory/3456-15-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000E75000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3456-18-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000E75000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3456-19-0x0000000000E60000-0x0000000000E75000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4972-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4972-2-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/4972-8-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000455000-memory.dmp

Filesize
340KB

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memory/4972-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4972-9-0x0000000000690000-0x00000000006A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/4972-1-0x00000000006B0000-0x00000000007B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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Malware Config

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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