Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 156.215.146.199Malicious

IP Address: 156.215.146.199Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

w.zz3r0.com

Basic Information

IP Address

156.215.146.199

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Egypt

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-12-17

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-12-17

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: admin - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SMB Login

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service nraW was stopped

Service Stop

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

A user logged in using SMB from NULL with the following username: admin - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 5 times

Successful SMB Login

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$\ebqhbyyr.exe as a service named TLAc under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

ebqhbyyr.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 Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process NetworkService Service Group started listening on ports: 65529, 65531 and 65532

Listening

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

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

Download and Execute

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

Process c:\windows\system32\mshta.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: w.zz3r0.com 2 times

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Service Japz was stopped

Service Stop

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

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

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\AbAmTBLR.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes