IP Address: 221.6.29.67Previously Malicious

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IP Address:
221.6.29.67​
Previously Malicious

This IP address attempted an attack on a machine protected by Guardicore Centra

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

MSSQL Azure WMI Method Drop MsSql Table Execute MsSql Shell Command Failed MSSQL Login Malicious File MSSQL Brute Force File Operation By CMD Access Suspicious Domain Create MsSql Procedure WMI Persistence Persistency - Logon DNS Query IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain MSSQL Successful MSSQL Login CMD MSSQL Null Session Login

Associated Attack Servers

dns.msftncsi.com activation-v2.sls.microsoft.com www.msftncsi.com www.cyg2016.xyz js.mys2016.info down.mys2016.info

103.95.29.8 0.0.0.0 27.255.79.151

Basic Information

IP Address

221.6.29.67

Domain

-

ISP

China Unicom Liaoning

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Guardicore Centra

2017-07-19

Last seen in Guardicore Centra

2020-01-06

What is Guardicore Centra
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Attack Flow

A user logged in using MSSQL with the following credentials: sa / ****** - Authentication policy: White List (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

MSSQL procedures were created: sp_password , sp_addsrvrolemember , sp_addextendedproc , sp_droplogin and sp_addlogin

Create MsSql Procedure

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_password - password change

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_cmdshell - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_reg* - registry access

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : SQL sp_configure - configuration change

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

C:\Windows\System32\wbem\123.bat was identified as malicious by YARA according to rules: Suspicious Strings

Malicious File

C:\Windows\System32\PerfStringse.ini was identified as malicious by YARA according to rules: Suspicious Strings

Malicious File

MSSQL tables were dropped: #A3D0EDE1 and #A1E8A56F

Drop MsSql Table

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_start_job - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

Process c:\windows\system32\wbem\scrcons.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: www.cyg2016.xyz

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: js.mys2016.info 2 times

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 0.0.0.0:49796

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: down.mys2016.info

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process NetworkService Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: down.mys2016.info

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql11.sqlexpress\mssql\binn\sqlservr.exe set the command line cmd /c start /min c:\windows\system32\wbem\123.bat to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

MSSQL executed 2 shell commands

Execute MsSql Shell Command

C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Tmp804D.tmp was identified as malicious by YARA according to rules: Packer, Peid and Packer Compiler Signatures

Malicious File

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : MS-SQL SQL Injection closing string plus line comment

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

Connection was closed due to user inactivity

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IP Address: 221.6.29.67​Previously Malicious