tofsee | 6650fa6e68ec71fbcd05204f13788abb76b1ffd8e168895df0f52dedf8ccacfd

General

Target

2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe
Size

13.7MB
MD5

0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c
SHA1

acaff98b09112f8bec1eb8a467be8e4470cd57a1
SHA256

6650fa6e68ec71fbcd05204f13788abb76b1ffd8e168895df0f52dedf8ccacfd
SHA512

48bbae0d5f655c20e9a64e857d57b38adc30d9dceac10cd66b041f9fcc7c6d8bca2adb63c1aff5eb4dbedb33e1091c25b6b01e044eaed5ca74fe561e26c10223
SSDEEP

6144:jLQ1p/2p5e+D2jFHO+iZoy6u9FlfrXEz9NQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQNQ7:YTYe+D2jFu+iZoUFhAzo

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
3144	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\mjpmupr\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\mjpmupr\\hqkphgbx.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-1-5-21-3756129449-3121373848-4276368241-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2144	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1392	hqkphgbx.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1392 set thread context of 2144	1392	hqkphgbx.exe	98

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
952	sc.exe
4676	sc.exe
3264	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
4092	3824	WerFault.exe	81
1504	1392	WerFault.exe	92

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	sc.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	hqkphgbx.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	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	cmd.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2084	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	82
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2084	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	82
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2084	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	82
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 4672	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	84
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 4672	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	84
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 4672	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	84
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 4676	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	86
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 4676	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	86
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 4676	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	86
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3264	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	88
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3264	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	88
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3264	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	88
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 952	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	90
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 952	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	90
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 952	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	90
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3144	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	93
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3144	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	93
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3144	3824	2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe	93
PID 1392 wrote to memory of 2144	1392	hqkphgbx.exe	98
PID 1392 wrote to memory of 2144	1392	hqkphgbx.exe	98
PID 1392 wrote to memory of 2144	1392	hqkphgbx.exe	98
PID 1392 wrote to memory of 2144	1392	hqkphgbx.exe	98
PID 1392 wrote to memory of 2144	1392	hqkphgbx.exe	98

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3824
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mjpmupr\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2084
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hqkphgbx.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mjpmupr\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4672
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create mjpmupr binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mjpmupr\hqkphgbx.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4676
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description mjpmupr "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3264
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start mjpmupr
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:952
- 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:3144
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3824 -s 640
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4092

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mjpmupr\hqkphgbx.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mjpmupr\hqkphgbx.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_0472e8ee3b50ba271bfee33f7f519f5c_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1392
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2144
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1392 -s 516
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:1504

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 424 -p 3824 -ip 3824
1⤵
PID:4880

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 452 -p 1392 -ip 1392
1⤵
PID:2340

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\hqkphgbx.exe

Filesize
12.9MB

MD5
bb57680952acfb28673095316a002c42

SHA1
87242884d2cee12772177538334a8dab6e81269c

SHA256
2e45d613c48b65637224ffa78b064d494e4fc5856c87eae59906fb8292ea761d

SHA512
d4cf03618264cf90be3bd9ed924120c29080ffc0c2e30e8ae71aec76fd28a6b343ae99c0f9fb5bb31b250d38c749d736c4d741de921420554df70972e06fd912

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memory/1392-11-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/1392-19-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/1392-14-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/1392-12-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/2144-13-0x0000000000480000-0x0000000000495000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2144-16-0x0000000000480000-0x0000000000495000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2144-17-0x0000000000480000-0x0000000000495000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3824-7-0x0000000000400000-0x00000000004C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
772KB

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memory/3824-8-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000523000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/3824-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3824-1-0x0000000000770000-0x0000000000870000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/3824-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3824-2-0x0000000000510000-0x0000000000523000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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Analysis

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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