Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 124.8.177.153Previously Malicious

IP Address: 124.8.177.153Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

Service Start File Operation By CMD SMB Null Session Login Driver Start SMB DNS Query Port 1433 Scan Access Share Service Configuration Driver Creation Access Suspicious Domain CMD System File Modification SMB Share Connect MSSQL Driver Configuration Successful SMB Login Service Creation Download and Execute Execute from Share Listening Service Stop Port 445 Scan Service Deletion Download File

Associated Attack Servers

info.ackng.com info.beahh.com ip.42.pl w.beahh.com

196.219.95.172

Basic Information

IP Address

124.8.177.153

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Taiwan, Province of China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-06

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-06

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: Correct Password

Successful SMB Login

C:\MVlPpphc.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

C:\windows\temp\tmp.vbs was downloaded

Download File

Service BfWl was stopped

Service Stop

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

c:\windows\system32\netsh.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

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

Service Creation

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process NetworkService Service Group started listening on ports: 65531, 65532 and 65533

Listening

The file C:\WINDOWS\oaTuI.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI19442\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\oatui.exe

Download and Execute

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

System File Modification

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\oatui.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: info.ackng.com, info.beahh.com and ip.42.pl

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\oatui.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 192.168.0.10:1433, 192.168.0.10:445, 192.168.0.11:1433, 192.168.0.12:1433, 192.168.0.12:445, 192.168.0.13:1433, 192.168.0.13:445, 192.168.0.14:1433, 192.168.0.14:445, 192.168.0.15:445, 192.168.0.16:445, 192.168.0.17:1433, 192.168.0.17:445, 192.168.0.18:445, 192.168.0.19:1433, 192.168.0.19:445, 192.168.0.1:1433, 192.168.0.1:445, 192.168.0.20:445, 192.168.0.21:445, 192.168.0.22:445, 192.168.0.23:445, 192.168.0.24:445, 192.168.0.2:1433, 192.168.0.2:445, 192.168.0.3:1433, 192.168.0.3:445, 192.168.0.4:445, 192.168.0.5:1433, 192.168.0.5:445, 192.168.0.6:445, 192.168.0.7:1433, 192.168.0.7:445, 192.168.0.8:1433, 192.168.0.8:445, 192.168.0.9:1433 and 192.168.0.9:445

Process c:\windows\oatui.exe scanned port 445 on 23 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

Process c:\windows\oatui.exe scanned port 1433 on 23 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

Process c:\windows\oatui.exe scanned port 445 on 14 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

Process c:\windows\oatui.exe scanned port 1433 on 14 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

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