Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 178.176.79.186Previously Malicious

IP Address: 178.176.79.186Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

DNS Query User Created Service Creation HTTP Download and Execute Service Configuration Service Start CMD SMB Access Violation Outgoing Connection System File Modification IDS - A Network Trojan was detected Download File Access Suspicious Domain User Added to Group

Associated Attack Servers

sky.hobuff.info

37.142.33.223 112.25.204.165

Basic Information

IP Address

178.176.79.186

Domain

-

ISP

PJSC MegaFon

Country

Russian Federation

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-10-30

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-02-21

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

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Possible ETERNALBLUE MS17-010 Echo Response

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : variant process injection command

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Possible DOUBLEPULSAR Beacon Response

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

Process c:\windows\system32\lsass.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: t.honker.info

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\lsass.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 112.25.204.165:8

Outgoing Connection

System file c:\Windows\conhost.exe was modified 4 times

System File Modification

The file c:\Windows\conhost.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\system32\227515.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\conhost.exe

Download and Execute

c:\windows\conhost.exe installed and started c:\windows\system32\227515.dll as a service named serivecs under service group serivecs 2 times

Service Start Service Creation

User mm123$ was created with the password ******** and added to groups: Administrators

User Added to Group User Created

Process "serivecs" Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: sky.hobuff.info

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to user inactivity