Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 103.174.18.42Malicious

IP Address: 103.174.18.42Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

MSRPC Service Start Service Deletion CMD Access Suspicious Domain Successful SMB Login Service Creation Outgoing Connection SMB

Associated Attack Servers

nexlinx.net.pk

14.157.138.172 23.27.116.86 116.58.10.59

Basic Information

IP Address

103.174.18.42

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Indonesia

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-05-13

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-05-13

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 2 times

Successful SMB Login

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC04 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 116.58.10.59:16778, 14.157.138.172:16342 and 23.27.116.86:18289

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: nexlinx.net.pk

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC07 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Connection was closed due to user inactivity