tofsee | 0af19468f4c23b6abaf05da3aecc6a669e5aefe9765041f6bfeaeb9d85b6b28c

Analysis

max time kernel
152s
max time network
173s
platform
windows7_x64
resource
win7-20241010-en
resource tags

arch:x64arch:x86image:win7-20241010-enlocale:en-usos:windows7-x64system
submitted
08-02-2025 10:20

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General

Target

2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe
Size

13.6MB
MD5

faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6
SHA1

9048421786fa7813eefb00f29e9e9f2158dfc667
SHA256

0af19468f4c23b6abaf05da3aecc6a669e5aefe9765041f6bfeaeb9d85b6b28c
SHA512

0846a2edd0dd5bf7f29cddc6b372067f0677e99a4def400e6bc4eceeaa3bcec56a61c55a89b40358164d35a5241a3e4dca27b9d9cf59283a493f0f862cf452c0
SSDEEP

393216:2XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXZ:E

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\eqmtiiya = "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
2892	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\eqmtiiya\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\eqmtiiya\\hqkphgbx.exe"	svchost.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1632	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2744	hqkphgbx.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2744 set thread context of 1632	2744	hqkphgbx.exe	42

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
2796	sc.exe
2884	sc.exe
2808	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	hqkphgbx.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	svchost.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_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
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

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 30 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2948	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	29
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2948	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	29
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2948	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	29
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2948	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	29
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2432	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	31
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2432	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	31
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2432	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	31
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2432	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	31
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2796	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	33
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2796	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	33
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2796	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	33
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2796	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	33
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2884	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	35
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2884	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	35
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2884	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	35
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2884	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	35
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2808	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	37
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2808	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	37
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2808	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	37
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2808	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	37
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2892	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	39
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2892	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	39
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2892	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	39
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 2892	2180	2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe	39
PID 2744 wrote to memory of 1632	2744	hqkphgbx.exe	42
PID 2744 wrote to memory of 1632	2744	hqkphgbx.exe	42
PID 2744 wrote to memory of 1632	2744	hqkphgbx.exe	42
PID 2744 wrote to memory of 1632	2744	hqkphgbx.exe	42
PID 2744 wrote to memory of 1632	2744	hqkphgbx.exe	42
PID 2744 wrote to memory of 1632	2744	hqkphgbx.exe	42

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2180
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eqmtiiya\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2948
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\hqkphgbx.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eqmtiiya\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2432
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create eqmtiiya binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eqmtiiya\hqkphgbx.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2796
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description eqmtiiya "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2884
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start eqmtiiya
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2808
- 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:2892

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eqmtiiya\hqkphgbx.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\eqmtiiya\hqkphgbx.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-08_faeef2f615c355d7e8774bdcb9dc90c6_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2744
- 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:1632

Network

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\hqkphgbx.exe

Filesize
14.2MB

MD5
fe9f1987ef1bd81a8147643a2488282d

SHA1
ece66255c6698746b687663e45bc209b459edd9e

SHA256
50af022ba978a84ca510347e8859c1e086919f86bc085184484ab4a8d686d8c4

SHA512
479d7ca884bff1624837a9de26375bf7455da81b3f3ee30400142c6c1b411f3c763a49d986950a1dff2881b43df104493d03c73819b0fc9869f3ad99ab1b8db8

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memory/1632-19-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1632-21-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1632-14-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/1632-16-0x000000007EFDE000-0x000000007EFDF000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1632-17-0x0000000000080000-0x0000000000095000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2180-6-0x00000000005F0000-0x00000000006F0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2180-9-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2180-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2180-10-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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memory/2180-8-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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memory/2180-7-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2180-1-0x00000000005F0000-0x00000000006F0000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/2180-2-0x0000000000020000-0x0000000000033000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/2180-3-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2744-20-0x0000000000400000-0x000000000045D000-memory.dmp

Filesize
372KB

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Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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