Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 197.47.111.0Malicious

IP Address: 197.47.111.0Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

SMB Share Connect Service Creation DNS Query Successful SMB Login Port 445 Scan SMB System File Modification Port 1433 Scan Service Stop File Operation By CMD MSSQL Access Suspicious Domain CMD Service Deletion Download and Execute Access Share SMB Null Session Login Service Start Download File Execute from Share

Associated Attack Servers

info.ackng.com info.beahh.com ip.42.pl w.beahh.com

196.219.95.172

Basic Information

IP Address

197.47.111.0

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Egypt

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-03-15

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-03-15

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:\QEPGhSRC.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 3 times

Successful SMB Login

Service lfeZ was stopped

Service Stop

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

The file C:\WINDOWS\bnbpAS.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI18762\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei18762\python27.dll

Download and Execute

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

System File Modification

Process c:\windows\bnbpas.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: info.ackng.com, info.beahh.com and ip.42.pl

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\bnbpas.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 192.168.0.10:1433, 192.168.0.10:445, 192.168.0.11:1433, 192.168.0.11:445, 192.168.0.12:1433, 192.168.0.12:445, 192.168.0.13:445, 192.168.0.14:445, 192.168.0.15:1433, 192.168.0.15:445, 192.168.0.16:1433, 192.168.0.16:445, 192.168.0.17:1433, 192.168.0.17:445, 192.168.0.18:1433, 192.168.0.18:445, 192.168.0.19:445, 192.168.0.1:1433, 192.168.0.1:445, 192.168.0.20:1433, 192.168.0.20:445, 192.168.0.21:445, 192.168.0.22:445, 192.168.0.23:445, 192.168.0.24:445, 192.168.0.25:445, 192.168.0.26:445, 192.168.0.2:1433, 192.168.0.2:445, 192.168.0.3:1433, 192.168.0.3:445, 192.168.0.4:1433, 192.168.0.4:445, 192.168.0.5:1433, 192.168.0.5:445, 192.168.0.6:1433, 192.168.0.6:445, 192.168.0.7:1433, 192.168.0.7:445, 192.168.0.8:1433, 192.168.0.8:445, 192.168.0.9:1433 and 192.168.0.9:445

Process c:\windows\bnbpas.exe scanned port 445 on 26 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

Process c:\windows\bnbpas.exe scanned port 1433 on 26 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

Process c:\windows\bnbpas.exe scanned port 445 on 17 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

Process c:\windows\bnbpas.exe scanned port 1433 on 17 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

Connection was closed due to user inactivity