Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 122.52.203.208Malicious

IP Address: 122.52.203.208Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL SMB

Tags

File Operation By CMD DNS Query Access Share Access Suspicious Domain Execute from Share Download File Service Stop Service Creation SMB Share Connect SMB Null Session Login Scheduled Task Creation SMB Service Start Service Deletion Successful SMB Login Download and Execute MSSQL Scheduled Task Run CMD

Associated Attack Servers

w.zz3r0.com

Basic Information

IP Address

122.52.203.208

Domain

-

ISP

Philippine Long Distance Telephone

Country

Philippines

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-10-13

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-09-27

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

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Successful SMB Login

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service xRky was stopped

Service Stop

A user logged in using SMB from NULL with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 6 times

Successful SMB Login

Process c:\windows\system32\mshta.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: w.zz3r0.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

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

The file C:\WINDOWS\TPGNUvsk.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

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

Service VDaq was stopped

Service Stop

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

Service XIgn was stopped

Service Stop

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service lCxP was stopped

Service Stop

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

SHA256: 01f02e0b0d3d93a607c06928324bd8f2c754428aa2ea35d70fec2e6322a8c918

195000 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\wYMT.exe

SHA256: 01f53633e544ec762bd8f01c0232599355cc9b4a0ff158d5be29a18ed5c9af07

650000 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe

SHA256: 09491955bdb7a73c938338551b2c290a159180fc4c99db7d99c7b498f3284bc4

455000 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe

SHA256: 0a8e6f386a5b036882e87d74cf3082dab5571da222b510c11146aeae61fac71b

260000 bytes

C:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

SHA256: 15a37fb390bf724bdecf13bafcf07c4eb411ba4dc0c3f51348e7af24f580108f

2470000 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe

SHA256: 16b291f1918e1e1673c3d7c797cfba38a8d9d575d16c1f77caa4ea1494fff70f

715000 bytes

C:\WINDOWS\wYMT.exe

SHA256: 2ed495e5bdb9aa2075447e17162e0c2174f8c569fa740733273251afd89b37c4

390000 bytes

C:\CbtUflUX.exe

SHA256: 382c01c8012e8c8dfc9a7bfd965aae66d8a9741c42593afa53ff2a93d7c1b91b

56320 bytes