Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 196.189.57.240Malicious

IP Address: 196.189.57.240Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

ttnet.com.tr

64.227.45.107 78.187.138.37 103.107.188.9 178.128.103.246 203.191.149.221 222.169.170.204

Basic Information

IP Address

196.189.57.240

Domain

-

ISP

Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation

Country

Ethiopia

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2019-12-23

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-12-14

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

C:\eDxXcYGc.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

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

Successful SMB Login

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Execute from Share

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

Download File

Service Qcoq was stopped

Service Stop

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

Successful SMB Login

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

C:\YaGvqgGC.exe was downloaded

Download File

Connection was closed due to timeout