tofsee | e52c20e0297216d87d9920eb23d3a2096ba04fcaaa923d28dc4263ae0ddbe5bb

General

Target

2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe
Size

12.8MB
MD5

1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6
SHA1

fe88c1ff07a6445f2e1a34f02716fe43ef3b38ad
SHA256

e52c20e0297216d87d9920eb23d3a2096ba04fcaaa923d28dc4263ae0ddbe5bb
SHA512

e2fc3e2ad8f71c0a9febbfd93511c42b6585825f33648f90767415af978233fd0ea2d0c040186d73053031a13886666128fa67ede7ea048284c3ed4a3f8452b1
SSDEEP

24576:I6WdLQkyQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ:VWdLQk

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
2760	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\uwzfzakh\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\uwzfzakh\\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	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1584	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1184	hqkphgbx.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1184 set thread context of 1584	1184	hqkphgbx.exe	98

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
652	sc.exe
3480	sc.exe
996	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
2240	3824	WerFault.exe	81
4060	1184	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	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	netsh.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_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	hqkphgbx.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2808	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	82
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2808	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	82
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2808	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	82
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 4892	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	84
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 4892	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	84
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 4892	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	84
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 652	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	86
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 652	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	86
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 652	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	86
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3480	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	88
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3480	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	88
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 3480	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	88
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 996	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	90
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 996	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	90
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 996	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	90
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2760	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	93
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2760	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	93
PID 3824 wrote to memory of 2760	3824	2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe	93
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 1584	1184	hqkphgbx.exe	98
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 1584	1184	hqkphgbx.exe	98
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 1584	1184	hqkphgbx.exe	98
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 1584	1184	hqkphgbx.exe	98
PID 1184 wrote to memory of 1584	1184	hqkphgbx.exe	98

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_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\uwzfzakh\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2808
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hqkphgbx.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\uwzfzakh\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4892
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create uwzfzakh binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\uwzfzakh\hqkphgbx.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:652
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description uwzfzakh "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3480
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start uwzfzakh
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:996
- 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:2760
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 3824 -s 640
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:2240

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\uwzfzakh\hqkphgbx.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\uwzfzakh\hqkphgbx.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-02_1a136e835c3009b4e91d15512d298be6_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1184
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1584
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1184 -s 516
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4060

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 452 -p 3824 -ip 3824
1⤵
PID:1700

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 532 -p 1184 -ip 1184
1⤵
PID:1872

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
13.6MB

MD5
4ff8e5e331d7c88134ebea13bf6ed923

SHA1
ca3038609f72e3f441ede720720753ee6332b872

SHA256
5e2d97837390318ce90b8eedb5c4deadd393338dfa92523cee13dd65a11ecffe

SHA512
01735184c64fa50be2eca21aa41c91e1465e8369d68f3a26f0e2ec8532b0a3dfb45c6417eca76ddbda5215f04fd56ca12071811fe3dd799e9a9d606576a7c0dd

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memory/1184-13-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1184-12-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1184-11-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1184-18-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/1584-14-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000DC5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1584-16-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000DC5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1584-17-0x0000000000DB0000-0x0000000000DC5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3824-2-0x0000000000450000-0x0000000000463000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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

Filesize
84KB

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memory/3824-8-0x0000000000450000-0x0000000000463000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/3824-7-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000044F000-memory.dmp

Filesize
316KB

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memory/3824-1-0x0000000000470000-0x0000000000570000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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General

Malware Config

Extracted

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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