Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 61.163.104.156Previously Malicious

IP Address: 61.163.104.156Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

Create MsSql Procedure DNS Query Execute MsSql Shell Command Create MsSql Table MSSQL Successful MSSQL Login MSSQL Brute Force Service Stop File Operation By CMD Drop MsSql Table Outgoing Connection Access Suspicious Domain Download and Execute Persistency - Mime Filter CMD

Associated Attack Servers

124.166.251.20

Basic Information

IP Address

61.163.104.156

Domain

-

ISP

China Telecom

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2018-09-30

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-03-23

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 username: sa - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts (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) 2 times

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

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

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

MSSQL procedures were created: sp_addextendedproc and sp_dropextendedproc

Create MsSql Procedure

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: cct119.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn 3 times

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

MSSQL tables were dropped: #A2DCB9B1 and #A4C50223

Drop MsSql Table

MSSQL tables were created: #temp_jobs_to_delete________________________________________________________________________________________________000000000002

Create MsSql Table

Service CryptSvc was stopped

Service Stop

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

Persistency - Mime Filter

c:\windows\system32\regsvr32.exe installed a Persistency - Mime Filter backdoor by modifying Windows Registry 10 times

Persistency - Mime Filter

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

The file C:\Windows\System32\p.exe was downloaded and executed 5 times

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\system32\p.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\p.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\syswow64\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\syswow64\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\p.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\p.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

MSSQL executed 2 shell commands

Execute MsSql Shell Command

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\p.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\p.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\conhost.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21

Process c:\windows\syswow64\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

The file C:\ProgramData\foahpwo.dll was downloaded and executed 3 times

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\system32\p.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\p.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn 2 times

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl-pool.sx.cn

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to timeout

Process c:\windows\system32\taskhost.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 124.166.251.20:21