Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 189.180.104.168Previously Malicious

IP Address: 189.180.104.168Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

Drop MsSql Table Execute MsSql Shell Command MSSQL Brute Force MSSQL File Operation By CMD Access Suspicious Domain IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain Create MsSql Procedure Successful MSSQL Login Create MsSql Table DNS Query CMD MSSQL Null Session Login

Associated Attack Servers

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Basic Information

IP Address

189.180.104.168

Domain

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ISP

Telmex

Country

Mexico

WHOIS

Created Date

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Updated Date

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Organization

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First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-05-19

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-05-20

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 MSSQL with the following credentials: sa / ****** - Authentication policy: White List (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

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

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_reg* - registry access

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 : SQL sp_configure - configuration change

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

MSSQL tables were dropped: #A1E8A56F and #A3D0EDE1

Drop MsSql Table

MSSQL tables were created: #temp_jobs_to_delete________________________________________________________________________________________________000000000002

Create MsSql Table

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_start_job - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

Process c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql11.sqlexpress\mssql\binn\sqlservr.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: load.wpd0126.info and load2.wpd0126.info

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process NetworkService Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: load.wpd0126.info

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

MSSQL executed 2 shell commands

Execute MsSql Shell Command

Connection was closed due to timeout