Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 39.53.207.37Previously Malicious

IP Address: 39.53.207.37Previously 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 Creation Execute from Share Download and Execute Service Deletion CMD MSSQL Persistency - Logon SMB Service Stop Download File SMB Null Session Login Driver Creation DNS Query System File Modification Executable File Modification Successful SMB Login Driver Start SMB Share Connect Service Start Access Suspicious Domain Service Configuration Driver Configuration

Associated Attack Servers

42.pl i.haqo.net ii.haqo.net pp.abbny.com

36.37.88.167 45.79.77.20 79.98.145.42

Basic Information

IP Address

39.53.207.37

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Pakistan

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-01-30

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-01-30

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: hp - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SMB Brute Force Successful SMB Login

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

The file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 6 times

Download and Execute

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service XEOt 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

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: hp - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt) 3 times

SMB Brute Force Successful SMB Login

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Download and Execute

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

Service Start Service Creation

Executable file C:\installed2.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

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

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

Download and Execute

C:\installed2.exe was downloaded

Download File

Process c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ii.haqo.net, oo.beahh.com and pp.abbny.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Listening

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

System file C:\WINDOWS\security\Database\secedit.sdb was modified

System File Modification

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\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, o.beahh.com and p.abbny.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Service Start Service Creation

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\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 8 times

Download and Execute

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

SMB Brute Force Successful SMB Login

C:\dgpIVzdg.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: hp - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt) 2 times

SMB Brute Force Successful SMB Login

Process netsvcs Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: _LDAP._TCP

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Service Creation

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

Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

C:\windows\temp\tmp.vbs was downloaded

Download File

Process NetworkService Service Group started listening on ports: 65531 and 65532

Listening

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\AclXmBKr.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes