tofsee | 2660543a9e16478ec15a63b15b36a5d0a705d6436e3331b1b7cbf295a9755347

General

Target

2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe
Size

10.5MB
MD5

4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a
SHA1

c2831b0f2ff900245e0896508d937f51d9683320
SHA256

2660543a9e16478ec15a63b15b36a5d0a705d6436e3331b1b7cbf295a9755347
SHA512

ee62eabab1619df784770ccdf521d320fa0f6ffcefb15bde1e1f4d653a0f1cb9dc5a3bb7a2aaf2502eff32c59bbcba5c4ba89ce4638548ae49426e070d8204f9
SSDEEP

196608:ZyXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXn:UXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX3

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
3132	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\gfkcaemu\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\gfkcaemu\\mohszhvl.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	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4824	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
4576	mohszhvl.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4576 set thread context of 4824	4576	mohszhvl.exe	93

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
4844	sc.exe
4500	sc.exe
1908	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

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	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	mohszhvl.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	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_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	sc.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 4712	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	82
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 4712	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	82
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 4712	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	82
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 540	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	84
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 540	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	84
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 540	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	84
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 4844	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	86
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 4844	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	86
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 4844	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	86
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 4500	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	88
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 4500	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	88
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 4500	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	88
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 1908	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	90
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 1908	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	90
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 1908	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	90
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 4824	4576	mohszhvl.exe	93
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 4824	4576	mohszhvl.exe	93
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 4824	4576	mohszhvl.exe	93
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 4824	4576	mohszhvl.exe	93
PID 4576 wrote to memory of 4824	4576	mohszhvl.exe	93
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 3132	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	94
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 3132	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	94
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 3132	1184	2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe	94

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1184
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gfkcaemu\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4712
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\mohszhvl.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gfkcaemu\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:540
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create gfkcaemu binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gfkcaemu\mohszhvl.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4844
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description gfkcaemu "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4500
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start gfkcaemu
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1908
- 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:3132

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gfkcaemu\mohszhvl.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gfkcaemu\mohszhvl.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-26_4c10a0e345e8808fc2ff9a25c590a34a_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4576
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4824

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\mohszhvl.exe

Filesize
10.4MB

MD5
b9c7a7a32593b961f5c61996080dddf3

SHA1
95bd5a17d1547abb598400378a564d97df6dcc71

SHA256
8c54c1b38efe896fa7b63380978ca3c6f01afe30783330dec42d3a0d67f22e55

SHA512
a59f653630eeea54e71c620c26c3495658201a4687712dbc570de916c88886a882f9e76102540b6f98911ae39e7ca9d08e1503ffaf46112b74c084fc4489037b

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memory/1184-17-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/1184-1-0x00000000005E0000-0x00000000006E0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/1184-2-0x00000000004A0000-0x00000000004B3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/1184-18-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1184-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1184-16-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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memory/4576-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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memory/4576-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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memory/4576-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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memory/4824-13-0x0000000000310000-0x0000000000325000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4824-10-0x0000000000310000-0x0000000000325000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4824-19-0x0000000000310000-0x0000000000325000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4824-20-0x0000000000310000-0x0000000000325000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/4824-21-0x0000000000310000-0x0000000000325000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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