Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 213.154.20.4Malicious

IP Address: 213.154.20.4Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

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

192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.3 192.168.0.4

Basic Information

IP Address

213.154.20.4

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Azerbaijan

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-12-12

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-03-29

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

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service HWLQ 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 LyBZ under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

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 5 times

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started cmd as a service named qhOD 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 qhOD was stopped

Service Stop

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

Download and Execute

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

Listening

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI13882\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI13882\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Successful SMB Login

C:\vDVsFcdp.exe was downloaded

Download File

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 \\server-backup\c$\vdvsfcdp.exe as a service named aWVd under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

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

Service aWVd was stopped

Service Stop

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

Listening

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

Download and Execute

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:\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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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 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

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI28322\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei28322\python27.dll

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI28322\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei28322\msvcr90.dll

Download and Execute

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Listening

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 system32\drivers\tunmp.sys as a service named tunmp under service group None

Service Creation

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI33282\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI33282\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe

SHA256: 09876b2bc9f5115ff3d8db1f526c205e035eb5322aaba0a543f619fad26e57b4

65000 bytes

C:\Windows\temp\svchost.exe

SHA256: 1b1cbb065e500a8cc64c587ccae5c99503bb2e0d74f376c624c3d897356af93f

1300000 bytes

C:\aaNQVLyI.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes