tofsee | 843a04f3e1acdd78a036dd537c4840daed7f2b3e8b7f8472c3c20af5a888092b

Analysis

max time kernel
144s
max time network
123s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20240708-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20240708-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
31/01/2025, 05:25 UTC

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General

Target

2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe
Size

13.6MB
MD5

a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d
SHA1

d55d060919f5bde9f5d420f4f9162fd48df1914d
SHA256

843a04f3e1acdd78a036dd537c4840daed7f2b3e8b7f8472c3c20af5a888092b
SHA512

5b006c4ea6b3355561ab5bfd5b2225d39c610f55b2005e816c74f884ba04e896ce091a8a6e1071732fcb4dc41c3d1f8ca1f320897bf2c72135b57f5a468eb275
SSDEEP

24576:XEfmTNIkv/ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZJ:0fotP

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\qmaketwg = "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
2816	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\qmaketwg\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\qmaketwg\\prmslyi.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2776	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
3020	prmslyi.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3020 set thread context of 2776	3020	prmslyi.exe	43

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2880	sc.exe
1424	sc.exe
2744	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	prmslyi.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_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	netsh.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2192	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	30
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2192	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	30
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2192	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	30
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2192	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	30
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2312	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	32
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2312	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	32
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2312	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	32
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2312	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	32
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1424	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	34
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1424	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	34
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1424	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	34
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1424	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	34
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2744	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	36
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2744	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	36
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2744	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	36
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2744	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	36
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2880	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	38
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2880	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	38
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2880	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	38
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2880	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	38
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2816	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	41
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2816	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	41
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2816	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	41
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 2816	2416	2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe	41
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2776	3020	prmslyi.exe	43
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2776	3020	prmslyi.exe	43
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2776	3020	prmslyi.exe	43
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2776	3020	prmslyi.exe	43
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2776	3020	prmslyi.exe	43
PID 3020 wrote to memory of 2776	3020	prmslyi.exe	43

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2416
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qmaketwg\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2192
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\prmslyi.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qmaketwg\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2312
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create qmaketwg binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qmaketwg\prmslyi.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1424
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description qmaketwg "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2744
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start qmaketwg
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2880
- 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:2816

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qmaketwg\prmslyi.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\qmaketwg\prmslyi.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-01-31_a115c76529a4790992d6585ccc323b5d_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3020
- 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:2776

Network

DNS

microsoft.com

svchost.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

microsoft.com

IN A

Response

microsoft.com

IN A

20.76.201.171

microsoft.com

IN A

20.231.239.246

microsoft.com

IN A

20.112.250.133

microsoft.com

IN A

20.70.246.20

microsoft.com

IN A

20.236.44.162
DNS

microsoft.com

svchost.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

microsoft.com

IN MX

Response

microsoft.com

IN MX

microsoft-commail protectionoutlook�
DNS

microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com

svchost.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com

IN A

Response

microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com

IN A

52.101.8.49

microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com

IN A

52.101.11.0

microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com

IN A

52.101.40.26

microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com

IN A

52.101.42.0
DNS

yahoo.com

svchost.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

yahoo.com

IN MX

Response

yahoo.com

IN MX

mta5am0yahoodnsnet

yahoo.com

IN MX

mta6�.

yahoo.com

IN MX

mta7�.
DNS

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

svchost.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

IN A

Response

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

IN A

67.195.204.74

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

IN A

67.195.228.106

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

IN A

67.195.204.72

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

IN A

67.195.228.111

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

IN A

98.136.96.74

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

IN A

67.195.204.77

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

IN A

67.195.204.73

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

IN A

98.136.96.75
DNS

google.com

svchost.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

google.com

IN MX

Response

google.com

IN MX

smtp�
DNS

smtp.google.com

svchost.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

smtp.google.com

IN A

Response

smtp.google.com

IN A

74.125.133.26

smtp.google.com

IN A

64.233.166.27

smtp.google.com

IN A

64.233.166.26

smtp.google.com

IN A

74.125.71.26

smtp.google.com

IN A

74.125.71.27
DNS

mail.ru

svchost.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

mail.ru

IN MX

Response

mail.ru

IN MX

mxs�
DNS

mxs.mail.ru

svchost.exe

Remote address:

8.8.8.8:53

Request

mxs.mail.ru

IN A

Response

mxs.mail.ru

IN A

94.100.180.31

mxs.mail.ru

IN A

217.69.139.150

20.76.201.171:80

microsoft.com

svchost.exe

190 B
92 B
4
2
52.101.8.49:25

microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com

svchost.exe

152 B
3
43.231.4.7:443

svchost.exe

152 B
3
67.195.204.74:25

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

svchost.exe

152 B
3
74.125.133.26:25

smtp.google.com

svchost.exe

152 B
3
43.231.4.7:443

svchost.exe

152 B
3
94.100.180.31:25

mxs.mail.ru

svchost.exe

152 B
3
43.231.4.7:443

svchost.exe

152 B
3

8.8.8.8:53

microsoft.com

dns

svchost.exe

59 B
139 B
1
1

DNS Request

microsoft.com

DNS Response

20.76.201.171

20.231.239.246

20.112.250.133

20.70.246.20

20.236.44.162
8.8.8.8:53

microsoft.com

dns

svchost.exe

59 B
113 B
1
1

DNS Request

microsoft.com
8.8.8.8:53

microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com

dns

svchost.exe

87 B
151 B
1
1

DNS Request

microsoft-com.mail.protection.outlook.com

DNS Response

52.101.8.49

52.101.11.0

52.101.40.26

52.101.42.0
8.8.8.8:53

yahoo.com

dns

svchost.exe

55 B
134 B
1
1

DNS Request

yahoo.com
8.8.8.8:53

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

dns

svchost.exe

67 B
195 B
1
1

DNS Request

mta5.am0.yahoodns.net

DNS Response

67.195.204.74

67.195.228.106

67.195.204.72

67.195.228.111

98.136.96.74

67.195.204.77

67.195.204.73

98.136.96.75
8.8.8.8:53

google.com

dns

svchost.exe

56 B
77 B
1
1

DNS Request

google.com
8.8.8.8:53

smtp.google.com

dns

svchost.exe

61 B
141 B
1
1

DNS Request

smtp.google.com

DNS Response

74.125.133.26

64.233.166.27

64.233.166.26

74.125.71.26

74.125.71.27
8.8.8.8:53

mail.ru

dns

svchost.exe

53 B
73 B
1
1

DNS Request

mail.ru
8.8.8.8:53

mxs.mail.ru

dns

svchost.exe

57 B
89 B
1
1

DNS Request

mxs.mail.ru

DNS Response

94.100.180.31

217.69.139.150

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\prmslyi.exe

Filesize
13.6MB

MD5
58e12e924842d22de7e9fb890705e046

SHA1
5091e24a76cc28bbe0c05cd19539aff91a8c6f30

SHA256
86a8ef794061e7d124a6fd0bf7f292f9aa036a137be7fa8010602f48aad1b3b7

SHA512
c4c83710f2461c85e121d683a8825623311ca9664747f4943e4496613c4df2f272c55ca73ffbfe2b4ee09a6bdc6ad9d4ebaf9ecc92040377c796919aaf650703

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memory/2416-9-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2416-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2416-2-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2416-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
312KB

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memory/2416-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2416-1-0x0000000000540000-0x0000000000640000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2776-16-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2776-14-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2776-13-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2776-11-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2776-18-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3020-17-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044E000-memory.dmp

Filesize
312KB

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Malware Config

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Signatures

Processes

Network

DNS Request

DNS Response

DNS Request

DNS Request

DNS Response

DNS Request

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DNS Response

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DNS Response

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DNS Response

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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