tofsee | 0fa9658a9944e2a5fd88eb5fa7b9bd44cd065257f3aeaac1e645566f0fecd131

Analysis

max time kernel
142s
max time network
127s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241010-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
30/01/2025, 20:07

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General

Target

2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe
Size

12.8MB
MD5

8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58
SHA1

8edf0912d7a6574770ec52d56d89ced568d5c5ab
SHA256

0fa9658a9944e2a5fd88eb5fa7b9bd44cd065257f3aeaac1e645566f0fecd131
SHA512

974fbcdeaf2219b4fe8fcb4e95e740dbb705c6f8460147fd8f73f073fd387c0d70127a2bc9ed989310ddee9d21e2a1c4b1d319435dd73ce0c1ca364386a6690f
SSDEEP

49152:dqE0YKr3fYPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP:dqtYc3

Score

10^/10

tofsee defense_evasion discovery 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

defense_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\brcwgzmz = "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

defense_evasion

Windows Service

T1543.003

Disable or Modify System Firewall

T1562.004

pid	Process
2892	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\brcwgzmz\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\brcwgzmz\\ppqbwxvd.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2728	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2852	ppqbwxvd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2852 set thread context of 2728	2852	ppqbwxvd.exe	42

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2188	sc.exe
2912	sc.exe
2900	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	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	ppqbwxvd.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_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	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2116	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	29
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2116	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	29
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2116	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	29
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2116	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	29
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2980	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	31
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2980	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	31
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2980	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	31
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2980	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	31
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2188	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	33
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2188	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	33
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2188	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	33
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2188	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	33
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2912	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	35
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2912	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	35
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2912	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	35
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2912	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	35
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2900	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	37
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2900	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	37
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2900	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	37
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2900	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	37
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2892	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	39
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2892	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	39
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2892	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	39
PID 2280 wrote to memory of 2892	2280	2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe	39
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2728	2852	ppqbwxvd.exe	42
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2728	2852	ppqbwxvd.exe	42
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2728	2852	ppqbwxvd.exe	42
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2728	2852	ppqbwxvd.exe	42
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2728	2852	ppqbwxvd.exe	42
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 2728	2852	ppqbwxvd.exe	42

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2280
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\brcwgzmz\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2116
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ppqbwxvd.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\brcwgzmz\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2980
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create brcwgzmz binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\brcwgzmz\ppqbwxvd.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2188
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description brcwgzmz "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2912
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start brcwgzmz
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2900
- 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:2892

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\brcwgzmz\ppqbwxvd.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\brcwgzmz\ppqbwxvd.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_8bdbca894376b8c9a864ac11879ddb58_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2852
- 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:2728

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\ppqbwxvd.exe

Filesize
13.7MB

MD5
dfd37cc4b5dc1b09406e8ebd4514d2ab

SHA1
93f80ea2399a59745f42070151b66448581c5693

SHA256
68b78d9be1fbb73b5d29c45c3f6cdcd136d017d6d113d8356fcb61962a874afa

SHA512
7a9f4f93365629614fe3374e8aae07356dfc7c64858bd6c6a5975691df6fb3fd85c1d7fdc8c738734aadb3e0ac69bd69d430f1aeb29c0e3a32cb0f3119a06268

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memory/2280-2-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2280-1-0x0000000002E70000-0x0000000002F70000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2280-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DC3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.8MB

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memory/2280-6-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DC3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.8MB

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memory/2280-7-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2728-10-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2728-16-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2728-13-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2728-12-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2728-17-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2852-15-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DC3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.8MB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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