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Analysis

max time kernel
147s
max time network
119s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240903-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240903-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
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18-01-2025 05:55

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General

Target

0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe
Size

13.7MB
MD5

8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce
SHA1

a8e11d82385377a4100167a5f2eda97203a154bc
SHA256

ee8d18ee89bcf8ba343824cfc5d17013a93a8138629a37fb055061daff4bea6b
SHA512

b8c23243eb246d731d667e7fa931807221cbef7408f6d8c70522ed06acf4a8db0f1b6311b146afb5a7fde3f3455465f01a5d8e65379d0f4ef439ae59ec170e90
SSDEEP

6144:0ZXxZnMXxZX06XE1+wr1Zf/VmUL0PMMMMMMMb6:EXzMBZX0F+wrVRiMMMMMMMb

Score

10^/10

tofsee discovery evasion execution persistence privilege_escalation trojan

Malware Config

Extracted

Family

tofsee

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

Windows security bypass 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

evasion trojan

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (int)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Exclusions\Paths\C:\Windows\SysWOW64\nmsqnpkl = "0"	svchost.exe

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
1636	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\nmsqnpkl\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\nmsqnpkl\\qpbxcmwj.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2852	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2300	qpbxcmwj.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2300 set thread context of 2852	2300	qpbxcmwj.exe	43

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
3060	sc.exe
2760	sc.exe
2932	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

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	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	qpbxcmwj.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 1804	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	30
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 1804	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	30
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 1804	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	30
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 1804	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	30
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2332	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	32
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2332	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	32
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2332	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	32
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2332	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	32
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 3060	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	34
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 3060	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	34
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 3060	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	34
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 3060	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	34
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2760	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	36
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2760	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	36
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2760	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	36
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2760	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	36
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2932	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	38
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2932	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	38
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2932	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	38
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 2932	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	38
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 1636	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	41
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 1636	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	41
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 1636	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	41
PID 2068 wrote to memory of 1636	2068	0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe	41
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2852	2300	qpbxcmwj.exe	43
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2852	2300	qpbxcmwj.exe	43
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2852	2300	qpbxcmwj.exe	43
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2852	2300	qpbxcmwj.exe	43
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2852	2300	qpbxcmwj.exe	43
PID 2300 wrote to memory of 2852	2300	qpbxcmwj.exe	43

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2068
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\nmsqnpkl\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1804
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qpbxcmwj.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\nmsqnpkl\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2332
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create nmsqnpkl binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\nmsqnpkl\qpbxcmwj.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3060
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description nmsqnpkl "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2760
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start nmsqnpkl
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2932
- 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:1636

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\nmsqnpkl\qpbxcmwj.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\nmsqnpkl\qpbxcmwj.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\0QIQ2_2025-01-18_8cd2a63e98c2f43873a7b54f5de4a5ce_karagany_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2300
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Windows security bypass
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2852

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

System Services

T1569

Service Execution

T1569.002

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Create or Modify System Process

T1543

Windows Service

T1543.003

Event Triggered Execution

T1546

Netsh Helper DLL

T1546.007

Defense Evasion

Impair Defenses

T1562

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

Disable or Modify Tools

T1562.001

Modify Registry

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

System Information Discovery

T1082

System Location Discovery

T1614

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\qpbxcmwj.exe

Filesize
13.4MB

MD5
82d4aeca69f566bf97779a702aa2b521

SHA1
1cdd78f09e490b258cefc72b287f766fb796071c

SHA256
37dd1a8b879fa9673c503ab86049899e058560413088a456a6e212587a456478

SHA512
e7db1dccf76ca2edf78c9aeeb7ab11ec97953845a149507f427d092c153d9a16bad971b52717490a352b4f3022ab128a51a1e87eee951ca02c8032149c4b9a8b

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memory/2068-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

Filesize
520KB

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memory/2068-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2068-2-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2068-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2068-8-0x0000000000220000-0x0000000000233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2068-1-0x00000000005B0000-0x00000000006B0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2300-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000482000-memory.dmp

Filesize
520KB

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memory/2852-14-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2852-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2852-11-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2852-16-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2852-18-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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