Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 85.98.42.82Previously Malicious

IP Address: 85.98.42.82Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Listening Service Start Driver Creation Service Creation Service Configuration Scheduled Task Run Service Stop SMB Share Connect Driver Start Cookie Hijacking Persistency - Logon Driver Configuration Executable File Modification Successful SMB Login SMB CMD Access Share SMB Null Session Login Download and Execute Port 445 Scan Download File DNS Query IDS - A Network Trojan was detected System File Modification Scheduled Task Creation Access Suspicious Domain Service Deletion Execute from Share

Associated Attack Servers

pp.abbny.com w.beahh.com

36.37.88.167 196.219.95.172

Basic Information

IP Address

85.98.42.82

Domain

-

ISP

Turk Telekom

Country

Turkey

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2019-05-05

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-06-16

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

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service HWcm was stopped

Service Stop

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Possible ETERNALBLUE Probe MS17-010 (MSF style)

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Possible ETERNALBLUE Probe MS17-010 (Generic Flags)

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : ETERNALBLUE Probe Vulnerable System Response MS17-010

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

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

Service Start Service Creation

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : WMIC WMI Request Over SMB - Likely Lateral Movement

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

The file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 3 times

Download and Execute

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

Service Start Service Creation

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 7 times

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI12722\python27.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI12722\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

Service aJiv was stopped

Service Stop

Process c:\installed2.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

System file C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\AutoRecover\88744D2A29102FC88ECF505DD2E984FC.mof was modified

System File Modification

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

Listening

Process c:\installed2.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: i.haqo.net

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

c:\windows\temp\ttt.exe set the command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmiex.exe to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

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

Successful SMB Login

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

Service Start Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ii.haqo.net, oo.beahh.com and pp.abbny.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

C:\MnzjFhnU.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Service Start Service Creation

The command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmiex.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\WebServers.job

mnzjfhnu.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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

The file c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe as a service named Ddriver under service group None 3 times

Service Start Service Creation

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

Driver Start Service Creation

Executable file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was modified

Executable File Modification

c:\installed2.exe set the command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\svchost.exe| to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

Service ZOWH was stopped

Service Stop

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

System File Modification

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

Driver Start Service Creation

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

Service Creation

The file C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\taskmgr.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

The command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Ddrivers.job

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\_MEI28762\msvcr90.dll was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: i.haqo.net and p.abbny.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

DNS Query

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

Listening

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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, 192.168.0.2:445, 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 24 IP Addresses

Port 445 Scan

Connection was closed due to user inactivity