Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 14.99.171.222Malicious

IP Address: 14.99.171.222Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Driver Configuration System File Modification Persistency - Logon SMB Share Connect Successful SMB Login SMB Null Session Login Service Stop Cookie Hijacking Download and Execute Listening Service Creation Service Start CMD IDS - A Network Trojan was detected Driver Creation Driver Start Access Suspicious Domain Service Configuration Access Share SMB Port 445 Scan Service Deletion Download File Execute from Share DNS Query

Associated Attack Servers

i.haqo.net ii.haqo.net ip.42.pl p.abbny.com

Basic Information

IP Address

14.99.171.222

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

India

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-12-23

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-02-07

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: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SMB Login

C:\zMhUTiLS.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service lpCc was stopped

Service Stop

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Possible ETERNALBLUE Probe MS17-010 (MSF style)

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Possible ETERNALBLUE Probe MS17-010 (Generic Flags)

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : ETERNALBLUE Probe Vulnerable System Response MS17-010

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

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

Service Start Service Creation

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : WMIC WMI Request Over SMB - Likely Lateral Movement

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

The file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 4 times

Download and Execute

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

Service Start Service Creation

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 6 times

Download and Execute

Service Erfb was stopped

Service Stop

Process c:\installed2.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\_socket.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

System File Modification

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\_ssl.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\_hashlib.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\select.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Cipher._ARC4.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Cipher._AES.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\pywintypes27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User

Successful SMB Login

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 60124

Listening

C:\lDyGzAsx.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

Service DTjI was stopped

Service Stop

c:\windows\temp\ttt.exe set the command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmiex.exe to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

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

Service Start Service Creation

The file c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

Process c:\installed2.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: i.haqo.net

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe as a service named Ddriver under service group None 3 times

Service Start Service Creation

c:\installed2.exe set the command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\svchost.exe| to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

Process c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ii.haqo.net, oo.beahh.com and pp.abbny.com

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

The file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\taskmgr.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: i.haqo.net and p.abbny.com

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI31002\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI31002\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Service Creation

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 60124 2 times

Listening

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ip.42.pl

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 192.168.0.10:445, 192.168.0.11:445, 192.168.0.12:445, 192.168.0.13:445, 192.168.0.14:445, 192.168.0.15:445, 192.168.0.16:445, 192.168.0.17:445, 192.168.0.18:445, 192.168.0.1:445, 192.168.0.2:445, 192.168.0.3:445, 192.168.0.4:445, 192.168.0.5:445, 192.168.0.6:445, 192.168.0.7:445, 192.168.0.8:445 and 192.168.0.9:445

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe scanned port 445 on 18 IP Addresses

Port 445 Scan

Connection was closed due to user inactivity

Associated Files

C:\AaTreCEq.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes