Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 139.135.59.226Malicious

IP Address: 139.135.59.226Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

File Operation By CMD Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query CMD Outgoing Connection System File Modification Persistency - Print Monitors IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain PowerShell Execute MsSql Shell Command Successful MSSQL Login Service Configuration MSSQL Download and Execute

Associated Attack Servers

down.ftp21.cc wmi.362-com.com

211.57.200.17

Basic Information

IP Address

139.135.59.226

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Pakistan

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-11-09

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-05-12

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 MSSQL with the following credentials: sa / **** - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts

Successful MSSQL Login

MSSQL executed 1 shell commands

Execute MsSql Shell Command

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : SQL sp_configure - configuration change

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_reg* - registry access

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

IDS detected Attempted User Privilege Gain : xp_cmdshell - program execution

IDS - Attempted User Privilege Gain

Process c:\windows\system32\wscript.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: down.ftp21.cc

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Download and Execute

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

System File Modification

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

Download and Execute

c:\windows\temp\mssqlh.exe set the command line C:\Windows\Logs\RunDllExe.dll to run using Persistency - Print Monitors

Persistency - Print Monitors

Process c:\windows\syswow64\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: wmi.362-com.com

DNS Query Outgoing Connection Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\syswow64\svchost.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 211.57.200.17:53

Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to user inactivity

Associated Files

C:\Windows\Temp\tqx.exe

SHA256: 5671393fa023e67e323e8a4329c3f501172f481ee205cf0d0a9425643b6ea7e4

226304 bytes

C:\Windows\Temp\MSSQLH.exe

SHA256: fffb018cd8e3c48fe0e343c5763dad32a5ada28129ba14db3f656361d5e44c20

409600 bytes