tofsee | e1f07793a0019b5919df7f8a0d921b543215e882fbaeddd59454788c2a63b8da

General

Target

2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe
Size

13.4MB
MD5

07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a
SHA1

2453b2c048f4ae7fd52fd0feba91ea60582c2b7a
SHA256

e1f07793a0019b5919df7f8a0d921b543215e882fbaeddd59454788c2a63b8da
SHA512

5ec198bae21579d5b638e13f7699166a84c06a0d806eba4085d80d81d1da9a5670dc4c8ff4e5cf6092782e9c3285719880571c5603cb0c9bece90bee133eb6c3
SSDEEP

393216:kXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXH:

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
4920	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\qoqwcjno\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\qoqwcjno\\tphhetsg.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-1-5-21-2089655958-977706906-1981639424-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1512	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2796	tphhetsg.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2796 set thread context of 1512	2796	tphhetsg.exe	96

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
4504	sc.exe
4316	sc.exe
3604	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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	tphhetsg.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 3632	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	85
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 3632	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	85
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 3632	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	85
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 2752	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	87
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 2752	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	87
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 2752	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	87
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 4316	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	89
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 4316	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	89
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 4316	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	89
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 3604	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	91
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 3604	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	91
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 3604	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	91
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 4504	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	93
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 4504	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	93
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 4504	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	93
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1512	2796	tphhetsg.exe	96
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1512	2796	tphhetsg.exe	96
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1512	2796	tphhetsg.exe	96
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1512	2796	tphhetsg.exe	96
PID 2796 wrote to memory of 1512	2796	tphhetsg.exe	96
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 4920	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	97
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 4920	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	97
PID 2632 wrote to memory of 4920	2632	2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe	97

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2632
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qoqwcjno\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3632
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\tphhetsg.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qoqwcjno\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2752
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create qoqwcjno binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qoqwcjno\tphhetsg.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4316
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description qoqwcjno "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3604
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start qoqwcjno
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4504
- 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:4920

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qoqwcjno\tphhetsg.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qoqwcjno\tphhetsg.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_07fd85a206bfeac8bb76245b7e16680a_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2796
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1512

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\tphhetsg.exe

Filesize
12.3MB

MD5
7a2fec394a2c5368bf3037d2c66bf313

SHA1
92fe82e49aa5797eb7c5fadb3d9813fe48ab66a2

SHA256
052f2096472a253def1f9ba7111d3bffac28a9513589397e287219e0c4eb869e

SHA512
a93023ffa5487023fa4001ef6711f9b663e9a1268d919f8912985889ddf6ea65e249bef8b1a90f1b27a536bcb23acbf4419872a2c8e27d00e4b51606d41b9269

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memory/1512-18-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1512-21-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1512-20-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1512-19-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1512-10-0x00000000006C0000-0x00000000006D5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2632-16-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2632-17-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2632-1-0x0000000000480000-0x0000000000580000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2632-15-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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memory/2632-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2632-2-0x00000000001C0000-0x00000000001D3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2796-14-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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memory/2796-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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memory/2796-9-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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