Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 60.2.114.170Previously Malicious

IP Address: 60.2.114.170Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

Service Creation Successful MSSQL Login CMD Create MsSql Procedure Download and Execute Service Configuration System File Modification IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain Service Start DNS Query Execute MsSql Shell Command Persistency - Mime Filter Access Suspicious Domain Persistency - Image Hijack MSSQL

Associated Attack Servers

cloudbase-init.pw

177.84.88.66

Basic Information

IP Address

60.2.114.170

Domain

-

ISP

China Unicom Hebei

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-02-21

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-06-29

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: Reached Max Attempts

Successful MSSQL Login

A user logged in using MSSQL with the following credentials: sa / ******** - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User

Successful MSSQL Login

MSSQL procedures were created: sp_addextendedproc

Create MsSql Procedure

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : MS-SQL SQL Injection closing string plus line comment

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_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

c:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql11.sqlexpress\mssql\binn\sqlservr.exe set the command line c:\windows\system32\taskmgr.exe to run using Persistency - Image Hijack

Persistency - Image Hijack

c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe installed a Persistency - Mime Filter backdoor by modifying Windows Registry 21 times

Persistency - Mime Filter

MSSQL executed 9 shell commands

Execute MsSql Shell Command

The file C:\ProgramData\A3341.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

c:\programdata\a3341.exe installed and started c:\users\admini~1\appdata\local\temp\251859.dll as a service named conhost under service group None 2 times

Service Start Service Creation

The file C:\ProgramData\1.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

The file C:\ProgramData\2.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

System file C:\Windows\AppCompat\Programs\Amcache.hve was modified

System File Modification

The file C:\Windows\SysWOW64\conhost.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\syswow64\conhost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: cloudbase-init.pw

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process NetworkService Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: cloudbase-init.pw

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to user inactivity