Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 46.218.6.7Malicious

IP Address: 46.218.6.7Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

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

Basic Information

IP Address

46.218.6.7

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

France

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-10-22

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-04-16

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

Successful SMB Login

C:\LWbBxMJw.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service Hrbi was stopped

Service Stop

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

Service Start Service Creation

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 qUtN under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

The file C:\windows\temp\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 6 times

Download and Execute

Service qUtN was stopped

Service Stop

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

Download and Execute

Process c:\installed2.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

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

System File Modification

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

Listening

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

Successful SMB Login

C:\lLUiaqTO.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service IXXg was stopped

Service Stop

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

c:\windows\temp\ttt.exe set the command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmiex.exe to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

Driver Start Service Creation

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe as a service named Ddriver under service group None 4 times

Service 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

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

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI23642\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI23642\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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 started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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 started listening on ports: 60124

Listening

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ip.42.pl

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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, 192.168.0.20:445, 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 20 IP Addresses

Port 445 Scan

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