tofsee | 7ce2a4327048c6c6bec3d924d83293b98e2e29efd3bcab4bc199f4ed211416d1

General

Target

2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe
Size

13.7MB
MD5

97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4
SHA1

42c0c68ec982a1587c9a8f82f0f68e229d8161ea
SHA256

7ce2a4327048c6c6bec3d924d83293b98e2e29efd3bcab4bc199f4ed211416d1
SHA512

86b3f0b55be16f466f442a52efbd7d16f1447acfece6028efb74c46dedf137c5ea4086b8c3a6c848db23ed3dd6d0dd74918abfc10f2f2f5edd12b85c95905afd
SSDEEP

49152:PqE0YKr3fYPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP7:PqtYc3m

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
3340	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\kqesxdbc\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\kqesxdbc\\miaaxmlz.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-1-5-21-4003209913-3868522715-854928974-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1928	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3312	miaaxmlz.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3312 set thread context of 1928	3312	miaaxmlz.exe	97

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
3288	sc.exe
3256	sc.exe
4880	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

Program crash 2 IoCs

pid	pid_target	Process	procid_target
4544	3312	WerFault.exe	96
3696	2308	WerFault.exe	83

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	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.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	miaaxmlz.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.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	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 4332	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	86
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 4332	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	86
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 4332	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	86
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3132	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	88
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3132	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	88
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3132	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	88
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3288	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	90
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3288	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	90
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3288	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	90
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3256	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	92
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3256	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	92
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3256	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	92
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 4880	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	94
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 4880	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	94
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 4880	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	94
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1928	3312	miaaxmlz.exe	97
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1928	3312	miaaxmlz.exe	97
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1928	3312	miaaxmlz.exe	97
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1928	3312	miaaxmlz.exe	97
PID 3312 wrote to memory of 1928	3312	miaaxmlz.exe	97
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3340	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	100
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3340	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	100
PID 2308 wrote to memory of 3340	2308	2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe	100

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2308
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kqesxdbc\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4332
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\miaaxmlz.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kqesxdbc\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3132
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create kqesxdbc binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kqesxdbc\miaaxmlz.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3288
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description kqesxdbc "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3256
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start kqesxdbc
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4880
- 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:3340
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 2308 -s 640
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:3696

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kqesxdbc\miaaxmlz.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kqesxdbc\miaaxmlz.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-30_97072ca9a6e4bdd9766dc25e6464f8d4_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3312
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1928
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3312 -s 532
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4544

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 428 -p 3312 -ip 3312
1⤵
PID:2224

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 500 -p 2308 -ip 2308
1⤵
PID:3592

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\miaaxmlz.exe

Filesize
10.4MB

MD5
caa671f9a22c3f754001ba72a6d1819b

SHA1
b177e93d030d7d926b1e9e1b9b668827851c275b

SHA256
01d702797d385dc6f219a4ee6e06d5bc1277287b1143df83bcc4509fab7953ab

SHA512
a185dfcfa7ab516aea719a3c4c28ba5fce788cf27a01f4796789c6e2534dcfc1609169b71df4dd28707512f4c099b1201d01c309226d9ab12a9df1882370bc6d

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memory/1928-8-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1928-14-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1928-15-0x0000000000890000-0x00000000008A5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2308-1-0x0000000002EA0000-0x0000000002FA0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2308-2-0x0000000003220000-0x0000000003233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2308-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2308-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2308-12-0x0000000003220000-0x0000000003233000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2308-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DC3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.8MB

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memory/3312-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DC3000-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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