Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 45.250.231.106Malicious

IP Address: 45.250.231.106Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL SMB

Tags

CMD DNS Query MSSQL Brute Force Create MsSql Procedure Listening Create MsSql Table MSSQL Null Session Login Outgoing Connection Bulk Files Tampering Successful MSSQL Login IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain PowerShell Access Suspicious Domain Drop MsSql Table MSSQL File Operation By CMD Service Start Access Share

Associated Attack Servers

mssql.loader0118.xyz mssqlok.load230713.ru quadranet.com

107.148.13.151 139.5.177.32 155.94.235.121 185.47.128.124

Basic Information

IP Address

45.250.231.106

Domain

-

ISP

Md. Shariful Islam T/A BRISK SYSTEMS

Country

Bangladesh

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-11-19

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-04-27

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)

Successful MSSQL Login MSSQL Brute Force

MSSQL procedures were created: sp_addextendedproc , sp_addlogin , sp_addsrvrolemember , sp_droplogin and sp_password

Create MsSql Procedure

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_password - password change

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_reg* - registry access

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_cmdshell - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

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

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

MSSQL tables were dropped: #A1E8A56F and #A3D0EDE1

Drop MsSql Table

MSSQL tables were created: #temp_jobs_to_delete________________________________________________________________________________________________000000000002

Create MsSql Table

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_start_job - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

Process c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql11.sqlexpress\mssql\binn\sqlservr.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 107.148.13.151:80

Outgoing Connection

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

Service seclogon was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: mssql.loader0118.xyz

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 107.148.13.151:1433

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql11.sqlexpress\mssql\binn\sqlservr.exe started listening on ports: 12345

Listening

Connection was closed due to timeout

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe performed bulk changes in {c:\windows\system32\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\powershell\commandanalysis} on 61 files

Bulk Files Tampering