tofsee | 20e206e9d1b1bf3b0f5645fa40f1daae1b2d986bfd4d530dce1babfe26128880

General

Target

2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe
Size

11.0MB
MD5

b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3
SHA1

e2290a5c73861077cb3fac02d9f26b34d8b72827
SHA256

20e206e9d1b1bf3b0f5645fa40f1daae1b2d986bfd4d530dce1babfe26128880
SHA512

98074853a1c6e486972d77198758db66872da429665c9e4fd1d1cc80a49367a809fab1fb740f3546b36ce0bab2a8fd9628aad4197345994e49dd5ef9fa7a258a
SSDEEP

49152:NqE0YKr3fYPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPn:NqtYc3

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
1940	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\iambihow\ImagePath = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\iambihow\\ppqbwxvd.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-1-5-21-2573923862-3221519550-2669654151-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe

Deletes itself 1 IoCs

pid	Process
2588	svchost.exe

Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs

pid	Process
1668	ppqbwxvd.exe

Suspicious use of SetThreadContext 1 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1668 set thread context of 2588	1668	ppqbwxvd.exe	100

Launches sc.exe 3 IoCs

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

pid	Process
3640	sc.exe
4916	sc.exe
1356	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
2844	732	WerFault.exe	85
4316	1668	WerFault.exe	99

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 10 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	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.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	ppqbwxvd.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	cmd.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	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe

System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery 1 TTPs 1 IoCs

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.

discovery

Internet Connection Discovery

T1016.001

pid	Process
4008	MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 23 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 732 wrote to memory of 2024	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	89
PID 732 wrote to memory of 2024	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	89
PID 732 wrote to memory of 2024	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	89
PID 732 wrote to memory of 724	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	91
PID 732 wrote to memory of 724	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	91
PID 732 wrote to memory of 724	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	91
PID 732 wrote to memory of 3640	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	93
PID 732 wrote to memory of 3640	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	93
PID 732 wrote to memory of 3640	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	93
PID 732 wrote to memory of 4916	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	95
PID 732 wrote to memory of 4916	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	95
PID 732 wrote to memory of 4916	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	95
PID 732 wrote to memory of 1356	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	97
PID 732 wrote to memory of 1356	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	97
PID 732 wrote to memory of 1356	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	97
PID 1668 wrote to memory of 2588	1668	ppqbwxvd.exe	100
PID 1668 wrote to memory of 2588	1668	ppqbwxvd.exe	100
PID 1668 wrote to memory of 2588	1668	ppqbwxvd.exe	100
PID 1668 wrote to memory of 2588	1668	ppqbwxvd.exe	100
PID 1668 wrote to memory of 2588	1668	ppqbwxvd.exe	100
PID 732 wrote to memory of 1940	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	102
PID 732 wrote to memory of 1940	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	102
PID 732 wrote to memory of 1940	732	2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe	102

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Checks computer location settings
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:732
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C mkdir C:\Windows\SysWOW64\iambihow\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2024
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" /C move /Y "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ppqbwxvd.exe" C:\Windows\SysWOW64\iambihow\
  2⤵
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:724
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" create iambihow binPath= "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\iambihow\ppqbwxvd.exe /d\"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe\"" type= own start= auto DisplayName= "wifi support"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:3640
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" description iambihow "wifi internet conection"
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:4916
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sc.exe
  "C:\Windows\System32\sc.exe" start iambihow
  2⤵
  - Launches sc.exe
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:1356
- 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:1940
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 732 -s 1040
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:2844

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\iambihow\ppqbwxvd.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\iambihow\ppqbwxvd.exe /d"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\2025-02-08_b6afd7f940448db235f40131166f15b3_mafia.exe"
1⤵
- Executes dropped EXE
- Suspicious use of SetThreadContext
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1668
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\svchost.exe
  svchost.exe
  2⤵
  - Sets service image path in registry
  - Deletes itself
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  PID:2588
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
  C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -u -p 1668 -s 256
  2⤵
  - Program crash
  PID:4316

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 468 -p 1668 -ip 1668
1⤵
PID:2448

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WerFault.exe -pss -s 464 -p 732 -ip 732
1⤵
PID:2652

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\MicrosoftEdgeUpdate.exe" /ping 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-PGFwcCBhcHBpZD0iezhBNjlEMzQ1LUQ1NjQtNDYzYy1BRkYxLUE2OUQ5RTUzMEY5Nn0iIHZlcnNpb249IjEyMy4wLjYzMTIuMTIzIiBuZXh0dmVyc2lvbj0iIiBsYW5nPSJlbiIgYnJhbmQ9IkdHTFMiIGNsaWVudD0iIiBpbnN0YWxsYWdlPSIxIiBpbnN0YWxsZGF0ZXRpbWU9IjE3Mzg5NDU4MTUiIG9vYmVfaW5zdGFsbF90aW1lPSIxMzM4MzQxODE1MzQzMTAwMDAiPjxldmVudCBldmVudHR5cGU9IjMxIiBldmVudHJlc3VsdD0iMSIgZXJyb3Jjb2RlPSIwIiBleHRyYWNvZGUxPSIyMTc5ODYyIiBzeXN0ZW1fdXB0aW1lX3RpY2tzPSI1MzA2ODk4MDYxIi8-PC9hcHA-PC9yZXF1ZXN0Pg
1⤵
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- System Network Configuration Discovery: Internet Connection Discovery
PID:4008

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

System Network Configuration Discovery

1

T1016

Internet Connection Discovery

1

T1016.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ppqbwxvd.exe

Filesize
12.2MB

MD5
6bed81a42b4fdbcbc8b8938e730a6e78

SHA1
9d7bcc0c2b383e29bc4469a81c5b468014228073

SHA256
38db290c8db6f859175ad2b69589a071e79be79a96af0380bb5e0972f7a5d404

SHA512
a81d0e7827d0f21c7369f0bc90c06a84b291dd9e54b2ea590815c7c850c01be7e8b4181afc473455c8a9b1a64f45804bcc710e5787c4c41ce8649f456c26a7ff

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memory/732-1-0x0000000003030000-0x0000000003130000-memory.dmp

Filesize
1024KB

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memory/732-2-0x0000000002EE0000-0x0000000002EF3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/732-4-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/732-12-0x0000000002EE0000-0x0000000002EF3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
76KB

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memory/732-13-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000415000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/732-10-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DC3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.8MB

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memory/1668-11-0x0000000000400000-0x0000000002DC3000-memory.dmp

Filesize
41.8MB

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memory/2588-8-0x0000000000CE0000-0x0000000000CF5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2588-14-0x0000000000CE0000-0x0000000000CF5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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memory/2588-15-0x0000000000CE0000-0x0000000000CF5000-memory.dmp

Filesize
84KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

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Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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