Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 118.166.158.176Malicious

IP Address: 118.166.158.176Malicious

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

Associated Attack Servers

fpt.vn

61.163.1.158 118.71.7.94 172.93.220.105

Basic Information

IP Address

118.166.158.176

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Taiwan, Province of China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-01-13

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-01-13

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 AC01 under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC08 under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 118.71.7.94:19007, 172.93.220.105:20127 and 61.163.1.158:14965

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: adsl

Outgoing Connection Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to user inactivity