tofsee | d322561afeb8e4953a33970d44b4d6df00479d61c6b8eed3cb6be8a7e7ef57e3

General

Target

2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe
Size

10.7MB
MD5

f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c
SHA1

5887dc7c0997f274dc130d29a1fbdff2191a958c
SHA256

d322561afeb8e4953a33970d44b4d6df00479d61c6b8eed3cb6be8a7e7ef57e3
SHA512

cc3d27268fbc85c1af01023f3e5071bd01c40235006af28f2eca524108d2099a8195726c820f9facfcf1d562d760a866917e1b53f9a3924bfb0555e6c5b716b4
SSDEEP

6144:fLQ1p/2p5e+D2jFHO+iZoy6u9FlfrXEz9NQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQQ:ETYe+D2jFu+iZoUFhAz

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
4996	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\fwfaxfle\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\fwfaxfle\\usbclhws.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-1-5-21-493223053-2004649691-1575712786-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4924	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2352	usbclhws.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2352 set thread context of 4924	2352	usbclhws.exe	99

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
3216	sc.exe
1108	sc.exe
3076	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
1016	2352	WerFault.exe	94
2384	4204	WerFault.exe	82

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	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	usbclhws.exe
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

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 4944	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	83
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 4944	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	83
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 4944	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	83
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 4708	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	85
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 4708	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	85
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 4708	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	85
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 3216	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	87
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 3216	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	87
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 3216	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	87
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 1108	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	89
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 1108	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	89
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 1108	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	89
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 3076	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	92
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 3076	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	92
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 3076	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	92
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 4996	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	95
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 4996	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	95
PID 4204 wrote to memory of 4996	4204	2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe	95
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 4924	2352	usbclhws.exe	99
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 4924	2352	usbclhws.exe	99
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 4924	2352	usbclhws.exe	99
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 4924	2352	usbclhws.exe	99
PID 2352 wrote to memory of 4924	2352	usbclhws.exe	99

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4204
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\fwfaxfle\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4944
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\usbclhws.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\fwfaxfle\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4708
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create fwfaxfle binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\fwfaxfle\usbclhws.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3216
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description fwfaxfle "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1108
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start fwfaxfle
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3076
- 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:4996
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 4204 -s 660
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:2384

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\fwfaxfle\usbclhws.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\fwfaxfle\usbclhws.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-13_f7e37203241990cb2daf5a06e0ac5b9c_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2352
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4924
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2352 -s 516
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:1016

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 452 -p 4204 -ip 4204
1⤵
PID:536

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 480 -p 2352 -ip 2352
1⤵
PID:2308

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\usbclhws.exe

Filesize
10.8MB

MD5
63301dbfc6759b6d866338576b0b6258

SHA1
a6425f4616768c3a8d2355525abb504fd30ebab0

SHA256
f6c381515279637461354da1e085f750a8114d630b8618e2801f0ea46a4b7272

SHA512
79cb2044497668b61fe405935850a36d1a6698f6af8bbdb47caf049ec4058506010b7488358419bde48309a6a86b795ce5c873b1f740c1679500dfa88625c9c9

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memory/2352-9-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/2352-8-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/2352-15-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/4204-17-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005F3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/4204-1-0x0000000000710000-0x0000000000810000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/4204-2-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000005F3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/4204-16-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/4204-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4204-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4924-10-0x0000000000AB0000-0x0000000000AC5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4924-13-0x0000000000AB0000-0x0000000000AC5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4924-19-0x0000000000AB0000-0x0000000000AC5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4924-20-0x0000000000AB0000-0x0000000000AC5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4924-21-0x0000000000AB0000-0x0000000000AC5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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