Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 41.79.252.210Previously Malicious

IP Address: 41.79.252.210Previously 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

SMB Share Connect Service Creation CMD SMB DNS Query Service Start Service Stop Service Deletion Access Violation Access Suspicious Domain Successful SMB Login MSSQL Execute from Share Outgoing Connection

Associated Attack Servers

w.beahh.com

23.202.231.167 196.219.95.172

Basic Information

IP Address

41.79.252.210

Domain

-

ISP

gateway-ke

Country

Kenya

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-02-15

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-04-21

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

Service SPNe was created and started

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 8 times

Successful SMB Login

Service yAhS was created and started

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

Service yAhS was stopped

Service Stop

Process c:\windows\system32\mshta.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: w.beahh.com 2 times

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\mshta.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 23.202.231.167:80 and 23.217.138.108:80

Outgoing Connection

Service HNpd was created and started

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

Service HNpd was stopped

Service Stop

Connection was closed due to timeout