Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 121.33.201.142Previously Malicious

IP Address: 121.33.201.142Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

Successful MSSQL Login Create MsSql Procedure Drop MsSql Table DNS Query MSSQL Create MsSql Table MSSQL Null Session Login IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain CMD Outgoing Connection MSSQL Brute Force Access Suspicious Domain File Operation By CMD

Associated Attack Servers

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Basic Information

IP Address

121.33.201.142

Domain

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ISP

China Telecom Guangdong

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

2020-12-22

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-10-19

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 and sp_droplogin

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

A user logged in using MSSQL with the following username: sa - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

MSSQL tables were dropped: #A1E88D7B and #A3D0D5ED

Drop MsSql Table

MSSQL tables were created: #temp_jobs_to_delete________________________________________________________________________________________________000000000002

Create MsSql Table

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_start_job - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

Process c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql11.sqlexpress\mssql\binn\sqlservr.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: load2.wpd0126.info and trouble-free.net

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql11.sqlexpress\mssql\binn\sqlservr.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 67.211.213.43:80

Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to timeout