tofsee | 48cd6c50ceff5d85c03b03b9864b6631983bf8b5a0b2a599857b924aad773da0

General

Target

2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe
Size

13.6MB
MD5

a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d
SHA1

a399ae72488052b9a5b629b0bc9d5c47e4b503e3
SHA256

48cd6c50ceff5d85c03b03b9864b6631983bf8b5a0b2a599857b924aad773da0
SHA512

33dbb5926885e65db4ba08ecd4595f945e77062ab3932d4a58a2b53ca07391c2256a3d5a3349deb76d45bedee7800a3e1160f60893b5baa9aa99812167a3871a
SSDEEP

24576:C6WdLQkyQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ3:LWdLQk

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
1580	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\hqnngnov\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\hqnngnov\\zqmtkjnr.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-1-5-21-4089630652-1596403869-279772308-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3536	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
644	zqmtkjnr.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 644 set thread context of 3536	644	zqmtkjnr.exe	98

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
3500	sc.exe
700	sc.exe
3608	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 2 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
1912	1960	WerFault.exe	81
3820	644	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	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_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	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	zqmtkjnr.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 3672	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	82
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 3672	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	82
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 3672	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	82
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1984	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	84
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1984	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	84
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1984	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	84
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 3500	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	86
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 3500	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	86
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 3500	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	86
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 700	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	88
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 700	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	88
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 700	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	88
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 3608	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	90
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 3608	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	90
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 3608	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	90
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1580	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	93
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1580	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	93
PID 1960 wrote to memory of 1580	1960	2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe	93
PID 644 wrote to memory of 3536	644	zqmtkjnr.exe	98
PID 644 wrote to memory of 3536	644	zqmtkjnr.exe	98
PID 644 wrote to memory of 3536	644	zqmtkjnr.exe	98
PID 644 wrote to memory of 3536	644	zqmtkjnr.exe	98
PID 644 wrote to memory of 3536	644	zqmtkjnr.exe	98

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1960
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hqnngnov\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3672
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\zqmtkjnr.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hqnngnov\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1984
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create hqnngnov binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hqnngnov\zqmtkjnr.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3500
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description hqnngnov "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:700
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start hqnngnov
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3608
- 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:1580
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1960 -s 1208
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:1912

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hqnngnov\zqmtkjnr.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hqnngnov\zqmtkjnr.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-10_a60ac9f9f8401b075313d1ea5ed38a3d_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:644
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3536
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 644 -s 508
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:3820

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 1960 -ip 1960
1⤵
PID:4352

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 420 -p 644 -ip 644
1⤵
PID:3200

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\zqmtkjnr.exe

Filesize
13.2MB

MD5
e6695ce03cd44233db264014e2a7cdcd

SHA1
d6cd264bd7aef73bc4496f66477437544e8ca586

SHA256
79bb1bd675753f1486ebc3c8a0feec076c69d91419f837955a7f38541773ff13

SHA512
7f54953e4260eb68c4e0d92013113128a04d6d80f265109dcfe53223ca941cac92bc1bd88dae55453a657ac35b56e4e3316502ba9a086a91cc9179e9b6626ad6

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memory/644-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/644-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/644-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/644-19-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1960-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1960-2-0x0000000000490000-0x00000000004A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/1960-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1960-8-0x0000000000490000-0x00000000004A3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/1960-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1960-1-0x0000000000650000-0x0000000000750000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/3536-14-0x0000000000450000-0x0000000000465000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3536-16-0x0000000000450000-0x0000000000465000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3536-17-0x0000000000450000-0x0000000000465000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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