Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 116.234.172.212Previously Malicious

IP Address: 116.234.172.212Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

MSSQL Brute Force IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain Execute MsSql Shell Command Access Suspicious Domain Successful MSSQL Login MSSQL File Operation By CMD Persistency - Logon Create MsSql Procedure CMD MSSQL Null Session Login DNS Query Drop MsSql Table

Associated Attack Servers

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Basic Information

IP Address

116.234.172.212

Domain

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ISP

China Telecom Shanghai

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

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Updated Date

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Organization

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First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-01-16

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-06-09

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 MSSQL with the following credentials: sa / ****** - Authentication policy: White List (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

MSSQL procedures were created: sp_addextendedproc , sp_addlogin , sp_addsrvrolemember , sp_droplogin and sp_password

Create MsSql Procedure

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_password - password change

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_reg* - registry access

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_cmdshell - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : SQL sp_configure - configuration change

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

MSSQL tables were dropped: #A1E8A56F and #A3D0EDE1

Drop MsSql Table

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_start_job - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: down.1226bye.pw

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: js.1226bye.pw

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

MSSQL executed 2 shell commands

Execute MsSql Shell Command

c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql11.sqlexpress\mssql\binn\sqlservr.exe set the command line cmd /c start /min c:\windows\system32\wbem\123.bat to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : MS-SQL SQL Injection closing string plus line comment

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

Connection was closed due to user inactivity