Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 156.210.169.154Malicious

IP Address: 156.210.169.154Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Cookie Hijacking Service Creation Execute from Share DNS Query Access Share SMB Successful SMB Login Executable File Modification Listening Service Stop Persistency - Logon Service Configuration Driver Start CMD SMB Null Session Login Access Suspicious Domain Download File Driver Creation Service Start Service Deletion Scheduled Task Creation Driver Configuration Download and Execute SMB Share Connect System File Modification

Associated Attack Servers

i.haqo.net ii.haqo.net ip.42.pl oo.beahh.com p.abbny.com pp.abbny.com w.beahh.com

36.37.88.167

Basic Information

IP Address

156.210.169.154

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Egypt

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-10-11

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-10-12

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

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Creation Service Start

Service PAls was stopped

Service Stop

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Download and Execute

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Download and Execute

The file C:\windows\temp\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

Service DwSd was stopped

Service Stop

The file c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe was downloaded and executed 3 times

Download and Execute

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

Listening

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI3642\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei3642\msvcr90.dll

Download and Execute

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

System File Modification

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

Successful SMB Login

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI3642\_socket.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI3642\_ssl.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI3642\_hashlib.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI3642\select.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI3642\pywintypes27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe 3 times

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI3642\Crypto.Hash._MD4.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI3642\Crypto.Util.strxor.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI3642\Crypto.Cipher._AES.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI3642\Crypto.Cipher._ARC4.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI3642\win32api.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Listening

C:\RsAbxqkC.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Execute from Share

Service pNyu 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 Creation Service Start

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe as a service named Ddriver under service group None 2 times

Service Creation Service Start

Executable file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was modified

Executable File Modification

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

Persistency - Logon

The command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmiex.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\WebServers.job

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started system32\drivers\tcpip6.sys as a service named Tcpip6 under service group None

Service Creation Driver Start

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 Creation Service Start

The command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Ddrivers.job

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started system32\drivers\smb.sys as a service named Smb under service group None

Service Creation Driver Start

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 and 65532

Listening

Connection was closed due to user inactivity

Associated Files

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\taskmgr.exe

SHA256: 01b842cab76c78a1d9860ade258923772fe3b08ae7a428d5f54e1bf9d9c3b205

49200 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Util.strxor.pyd

SHA256: 2170b576f5f22d06e700e5570dc234fa5f77c7fe4af8394f0dac49566f9a8b40

7680 bytes

C:\Windows\Temp\_MEI9202\pywintypes27.dll

SHA256: 241ecbd87410e9b23339d494f9eca7ddf8083472661989f489fdd7fe0b8776b4

110080 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Cipher._ARC4.pyd

SHA256: 356623219b8c098435d511c0055c061018641d8b700eb089fc6ff87d233260e1

8704 bytes

C:\Windows\Temp\_MEI9202\select.pyd

SHA256: 385e7a3cf5dd7b65590b064e7bc09f901db7ddc8542396af6bb60048a30993f0

11776 bytes

C:\AafbydqG.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes