IP Address: 185.189.225.22Malicious

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IP Address:
185.189.225.22​
Malicious

This IP address attempted an attack on a machine protected by Guardicore Centra

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB MSSQL

Tags

Access Suspicious Domain Download and Execute IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain MSSQL Null Session Login Outgoing Connection DNS Query Execute MsSql Shell Command Successful MSSQL Login Create MsSql Procedure Malicious File Drop MsSql Table Service Configuration MSSQL Persistency - Logon CMD

Associated Attack Servers

www.cyg2016.xyz js.mykings.top down.mys2016.info blog.sina.com.cn www.msftncsi.com dns.msftncsi.com activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com js.mys2016.info hinet.net

0.0.0.0 139.5.177.32 218.30.115.123 60.250.76.51 173.208.153.130 27.255.79.151

Basic Information

IP Address

185.189.225.22

Domain

-

ISP

Triple A Fibra S.L.

Country

Spain

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Guardicore Centra

2017-05-26

Last seen in Guardicore Centra

2021-02-27

What is Guardicore Centra
Guardicore Centra 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. Centra 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: White List

Successful MSSQL Login

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

Create MsSql Procedure

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_password - password change

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_cmdshell - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_reg* - registry access

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

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

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

MSSQL tables were dropped: #A3D0EDE1 and #A1E8A56F

Drop MsSql Table

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_start_job - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

Process c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 0.0.0.0:59228

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: down.mys2016.info

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query Outgoing Connection

Process NetworkService Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: down.mys2016.info

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: js.mys2016.info

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql11.sqlexpress\mssql\binn\sqlservr.exe set the command line cmd /c start /min c:\windows\system32\wbem\123.bat to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

MSSQL executed 1 shell commands

Execute MsSql Shell Command

Process c:\windows\system32\wbem\scrcons.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: www.cyg2016.xyz

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

The file C:\Windows\System\cabs.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\ups[1].rar was identified as malicious by YARA according to rules: Packer, Peid, Packer Compiler Signatures, Crypto Signatures and Malw Pe Sections

Malicious File

C:\Windows\System\cabs.exe was identified as malicious by YARA according to rules: Packer, Peid, Packer Compiler Signatures, Crypto Signatures and Malw Pe Sections

Malicious File

Process c:\windows\system\cabs.exe attempted to access domains: blog.sina.com.cn

DNS Query

Process c:\windows\system\cabs.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 218.30.115.123:80

Outgoing Connection

C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp81F.tmp was identified as malicious by YARA according to rules: Packer, Peid and Packer Compiler Signatures

Malicious File

C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE\test1[1].dat was identified as malicious by YARA according to rules: Peid, Crypto Signatures, Malw Pe Sections, Antidebug Antivm, Maldoc Somerules and Packer Compiler Signatures

Malicious File

C:\Windows\debug\item.dat was identified as malicious by YARA according to rules: Peid, Crypto Signatures, Malw Pe Sections, Antidebug Antivm, Maldoc Somerules and Packer Compiler Signatures

Malicious File

The file C:\Windows\debug\item.dat was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: js.mykings.top

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Associated Files

C:\Windows\System\cabs.exe

SHA256: 1e8017816a5b74cf68467f8c8d588713c61b1e7d22b1b5794ac751953d2cd35b

184936 bytes

C:\Windows\debug\item.dat

SHA256: e6fc79a24d40aea81afdc7886a05f008385661a518422b22873d34496c3fb36b

1217024 bytes
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IP Address: 185.189.225.22​Malicious