tofsee | 103f257a6c4a8617124389d69bc1ae7315e8c0d773548b1eed2d4a4044bdd2be

General

Target

2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe
Size

10.3MB
MD5

6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a
SHA1

4a7551506dcd411a6385e2a985ba4429de2f63ea
SHA256

103f257a6c4a8617124389d69bc1ae7315e8c0d773548b1eed2d4a4044bdd2be
SHA512

8dfcb3439993a08c21330a926ef161ff0a81f05879a81baad13bfb025c414f161d18590717277ae0c34fd4113caa66cc524589ee919a572936273ad0fa105cc9
SSDEEP

49152:RqE0YKr3fYPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPn:RqtYc3

Score

10^/10

tofsee defense_evasion discovery 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

defense_evasion

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

pid	Process
2552	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\upuxeddm\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\upuxeddm\\arnulkos.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	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2340	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
5064	arnulkos.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 5064 set thread context of 2340	5064	arnulkos.exe	97

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2624	sc.exe
3756	sc.exe
1496	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 queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key value enumerated	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\NetSh	netsh.exe

Program crash 2 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
3216	3412	WerFault.exe	84
4560	5064	WerFault.exe	96

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	arnulkos.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 4948	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	85
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 4948	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	85
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 4948	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	85
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 4228	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	87
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 4228	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	87
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 4228	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	87
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 2624	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	89
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 2624	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	89
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 2624	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	89
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 3756	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	92
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 3756	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	92
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 3756	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	92
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 1496	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	94
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 1496	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	94
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 1496	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	94
PID 5064 wrote to memory of 2340	5064	arnulkos.exe	97
PID 5064 wrote to memory of 2340	5064	arnulkos.exe	97
PID 5064 wrote to memory of 2340	5064	arnulkos.exe	97
PID 5064 wrote to memory of 2340	5064	arnulkos.exe	97
PID 5064 wrote to memory of 2340	5064	arnulkos.exe	97
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 2552	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	102
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 2552	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	102
PID 3412 wrote to memory of 2552	3412	2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3412
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\upuxeddm\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4948
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\arnulkos.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\upuxeddm\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4228
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create upuxeddm binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\upuxeddm\arnulkos.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2624
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description upuxeddm "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3756
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start upuxeddm
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1496
- 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:2552
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3412 -s 668
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:3216

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\upuxeddm\arnulkos.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\upuxeddm\arnulkos.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_6dd13a57c6a06a93be7ae34d9cb92a6a_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:5064
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2340
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 5064 -s 516
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4560

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 444 -p 5064 -ip 5064
1⤵
PID:5084

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 524 -p 3412 -ip 3412
1⤵
PID:2024

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\arnulkos.exe

Filesize
12.4MB

MD5
cf2e3c0be26450cbab80b728d8789650

SHA1
58f4d81c6127d6da8dfde18fdfaa433aba54af12

SHA256
dc7c95788c1c469180356c18a99f3ad1b71f609eabbd51a85966f83f245c252b

SHA512
3f8222faa36a11ab4d0344cc475902d5a482dd58ef4b2922cf536dcc62c076a678fa6ffc34ffbc3b3215709032c790d19ca613b138b09a174756dce656cb974c

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memory/2340-8-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2340-14-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2340-15-0x0000000000990000-0x00000000009A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3412-1-0x0000000002EB0000-0x0000000002FB0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/3412-2-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/3412-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3412-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3412-12-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/3412-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DC3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.8MB

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memory/5064-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DC3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.8MB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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