Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 223.84.212.40Malicious

IP Address: 223.84.212.40Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Service Start Driver Creation CMD Service Stop SMB SMB Share Connect Download File Access Suspicious Domain Driver Start Port 445 Scan Service Creation Driver Configuration Listening SMB Null Session Login Cookie Hijacking Service Configuration System File Modification Persistency - Logon Service Deletion Download and Execute DNS Query

Associated Attack Servers

i.haqo.net ii.haqo.net o.beahh.com oo.beahh.com p.abbny.com pp.abbny.com w.beahh.com

Basic Information

IP Address

223.84.212.40

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-05-31

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-06-26

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

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

Service Creation Service Start

The file c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 4 times

Download and Execute

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

Service Creation Service Start

The file C:\WINDOWS\Temp\svchost.exe was downloaded and executed 4 times

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 60124 3 times

Listening

Service OYek was stopped

Service Stop

The file c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe was downloaded and executed 2 times

Download and Execute

Process c:\installed2.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

System file C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\AutoRecover\88744D2A29102FC88ECF505DD2E984FC.mof was modified

System File Modification

Process c:\installed2.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: i.haqo.net

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

Service Creation Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\wmiex.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ii.haqo.net, oo.beahh.com and pp.abbny.com

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

c:\windows\temp\ttt.exe set the command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\wmiex.exe to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

The file c:\windows\system32\drivers\taskmgr.exe was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe as a service named Ddriver under service group None 3 times

Service Creation Service Start

c:\installed2.exe set the command line C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\svchost.exe| to run using Persistency - Logon

Persistency - Logon

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 60124

Listening

System file C:\WINDOWS\security\Database\secedit.sdb was modified

System File Modification

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

c:\windows\system32\netsh.exe installed and started %systemroot%\system32\6to4svc.dll as a service named 6to4 under service group NetworkService

Service Creation Service Start

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

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe started listening on ports: 65533

Listening

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed system32\drivers\tunmp.sys as a service named tunmp under service group None

Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\drivers\svchost.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: i.haqo.net, o.beahh.com and p.abbny.com

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

Listening

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 192.168.0.10:445, 192.168.0.11:445, 192.168.0.12:445, 192.168.0.1:445, 192.168.0.2:445, 192.168.0.3:445, 192.168.0.4:445, 192.168.0.5:445, 192.168.0.6:445, 192.168.0.7:445, 192.168.0.8:445 and 192.168.0.9:445

Process c:\windows\temp\svchost.exe scanned port 445 on 12 IP Addresses

Port 445 Scan

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\installed.exe

SHA256: c8fefe818f6f0e8f09469841b7c6ac6df2e6953826d378b09874c3704c460227

65000 bytes