Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 197.153.57.225Malicious

IP Address: 197.153.57.225Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

CMD Download and Execute Service Deletion Listening Service Start Driver Creation SMB Null Session Login Service Creation Download File Outgoing Connection SMB Share Connect Successful SMB Login Execute from Share Driver Start Service Stop SMB Persistency - Logon Driver Configuration Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query Service 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

192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.4 192.168.0.5 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.7 192.168.0.8 192.168.0.9

Basic Information

IP Address

197.153.57.225

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Morocco

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-08-25

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-04-26

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: comptes - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SMB Login

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service BIzH was stopped

Service Stop

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

Service Start Service Creation

The file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 5 times

Download and Execute

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Download and Execute

Service DIzD was stopped

Service Stop

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

Download and Execute

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

Listening

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\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

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

Successful SMB Login

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\_socket.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\_ssl.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Service Start Service Creation

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\_hashlib.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Execute from Share

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\select.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\Crypto.Cipher._ARC4.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

Service CfqC was stopped

Service Stop

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\Crypto.Cipher._DES.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\Crypto.Hash._MD4.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\Crypto.Util.strxor.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\Crypto.Cipher._AES.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\Crypto.Cipher._DES3.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\win32api.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI9962\pywintypes27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Listening

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

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

Download and Execute

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

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

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

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

Driver Start Service Creation

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI27122\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI27122\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

System File Modification

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Listening

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

Driver Start 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

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

Service Creation

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Listening

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 192.168.0.1:445, 192.168.0.2:445, 192.168.0.3:445, 192.168.0.4:445, 192.168.0.5:445, 192.168.0.6:445 and 192.168.0.7:445

Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe

SHA256: 36349047a0c1c87189c5ead7d9f07c935d2ef20180112c9172a2e06a9a418e1c

2145000 bytes

C:\aaokFcvM.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes