Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 124.239.181.125Malicious

IP Address: 124.239.181.125Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

MSSQL Null Session Login Successful MSSQL Login Create MsSql Procedure Outgoing Connection Bulk Files Tampering MSSQL Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query Drop MsSql Table Access Share Listening CMD Service Start File Operation By CMD IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain Create MsSql Table PowerShell MSSQL Brute Force

Associated Attack Servers

mssql.loader0118.xyz

107.148.13.151

Basic Information

IP Address

124.239.181.125

Domain

-

ISP

China Telecom hebei

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-11-20

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-03-05

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: #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

Service seclogon was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: mssql.loader0118.xyz

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

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

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 107.148.13.151:1433

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql11.sqlexpress\mssql\binn\sqlservr.exe started listening on ports: 12345

Listening

Connection was closed due to timeout

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe performed bulk changes in {c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\powershell\commandanalysis} on 67 files

Bulk Files Tampering