Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 41.45.242.152Malicious

IP Address: 41.45.242.152Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

SMB Null Session Login DNS Query SMB Service Start Service Configuration Persistency - Logon Service Creation Executable File Modification Service Stop Service Deletion Successful SMB Login Download and Execute Driver Start Access Share Execute from Share Listening Cookie Hijacking System File Modification CMD Access Suspicious Domain SMB Share Connect Download File Driver Creation Port 445 Scan Driver Configuration

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

Basic Information

IP Address

41.45.242.152

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Egypt

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-07-12

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-07-12

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: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SMB Login

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Creation Service Start

Service qOUQ was stopped

Service Stop

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

Service Creation Service Start

The file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 5 times

Download and Execute

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Download and Execute

Service bmDi 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: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User

Successful SMB Login

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 Creation Service Start

The file c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

C:\kGhPXUYm.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Listening

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

Execute from Share

Service mscc was stopped

Service Stop

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

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 Creation Service Start

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

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started system32\drivers\tcpip6.sys as a service named Tcpip6 under service group None

Service Creation Driver Start

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI26562\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI26562\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Listening

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 Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Driver Start

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: i.haqo.net and p.abbny.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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\_MEI35562\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\_mei35562\python27.dll

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI35562\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 netsvcs Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: _LDAP._TCP

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 192.168.0.10:445, 192.168.0.11:445, 192.168.0.12:445, 192.168.0.13:445, 192.168.0.14:445, 192.168.0.15:445, 192.168.0.16:445, 192.168.0.17:445, 192.168.0.18:445, 192.168.0.19:445, 192.168.0.1:445, 192.168.0.2:445, 192.168.0.3:445, 192.168.0.4:445, 192.168.0.5:445, 192.168.0.6:445, 192.168.0.7:445, 192.168.0.8:445 and 192.168.0.9:445

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe scanned port 445 on 19 IP Addresses

Port 445 Scan

Connection was closed due to timeout