Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 91.244.169.29Malicious

IP Address: 91.244.169.29Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

SMB DNS Query MSSQL Service Deletion Download File Service Stop CMD Download and Execute SMB Null Session Login Service Creation Port 445 Scan SMB Share Connect Execute from Share File Operation By CMD Service Start Access Share Access Suspicious Domain System File Modification Port 1433 Scan Successful SMB Login

Associated Attack Servers

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

Basic Information

IP Address

91.244.169.29

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Russian Federation

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-05-02

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-04-03

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:\gceSdwrL.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

System file c:\windows\system32\wbem\wmiprvse.exe was modified

System File Modification

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 3 times

Successful SMB Login

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\tmp.vbs was downloaded

Download File

Service nTSj was stopped

Service Stop

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

The file C:\WINDOWS\ahpX.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

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

System File Modification

Process c:\windows\ahpx.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: info.ackng.com, info.beahh.com and ip.42.pl

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\ahpx.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 192.168.0.10:1433, 192.168.0.10:445, 192.168.0.12:1433, 192.168.0.12:445, 192.168.0.13:1433, 192.168.0.13:445, 192.168.0.14:1433, 192.168.0.14:445, 192.168.0.15:445, 192.168.0.16:1433, 192.168.0.16:445, 192.168.0.17:1433, 192.168.0.17:445, 192.168.0.18:1433, 192.168.0.18:445, 192.168.0.19:1433, 192.168.0.19:445, 192.168.0.1:1433, 192.168.0.1:445, 192.168.0.20:1433, 192.168.0.20:445, 192.168.0.21:1433, 192.168.0.22:1433, 192.168.0.22:445, 192.168.0.23:1433, 192.168.0.23:445, 192.168.0.24:445, 192.168.0.25:445, 192.168.0.26:445, 192.168.0.2:1433, 192.168.0.2:445, 192.168.0.3:1433, 192.168.0.3:445, 192.168.0.4:445, 192.168.0.5:1433, 192.168.0.5:445, 192.168.0.6:445, 192.168.0.7:445, 192.168.0.8:1433, 192.168.0.8:445, 192.168.0.9:1433 and 192.168.0.9:445

Process c:\windows\ahpx.exe scanned port 445 on 24 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

Process c:\windows\ahpx.exe scanned port 445 on 18 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

Process c:\windows\ahpx.exe scanned port 1433 on 24 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

Process c:\windows\ahpx.exe scanned port 1433 on 18 IP Addresses

Port 1433 Scan Port 445 Scan

Connection was closed due to user inactivity