Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 121.199.165.222Malicious

IP Address: 121.199.165.222Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Connect-Back, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

Listening Scheduled Task Creation Executable File Modification System File Modification Download and Allow Execution Service Restart Successful SSH Login SSH Download and Execute Read Password Secrets Outgoing Connection Access Suspicious Domain New SSH Key

Associated Attack Servers

amazonaws.com contaboserver.net hwclouds-dns.com vps-default-host.net

8.131.226.83 8.140.32.145 8.219.174.17 8.222.172.255 13.251.154.125 31.130.90.246 34.204.96.18 36.7.171.21 43.128.58.206 43.138.52.114 45.159.209.15 47.122.43.15 81.68.179.76 81.71.101.5 101.34.236.152 103.9.134.247 111.231.108.45 116.62.140.170 118.107.43.171 120.195.76.173 121.40.167.102 123.57.231.232 123.60.150.72 130.193.55.111 180.111.102.149 182.86.188.5 185.233.36.161 207.174.22.224 207.244.245.45

Basic Information

IP Address

121.199.165.222

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-11-15

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-11-15

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 SSH with the following credentials: root / ****** - Authentication policy: White List

Successful SSH Login

Process /usr/bin/nohup generated outgoing network traffic to: 123.57.231.232:60138

Outgoing Connection

System file /etc/crontab was modified 9 times

System File Modification

The file /tmp/MuUJHhVefQ was downloaded and executed 15 times

Download and Execute

Process /tmp/MuUJHhVefQ started listening on ports: 60138

Listening

Executable file /usr/bin/wgbtx was modified

Executable File Modification

System file /etc/ssh/sshd_config was modified 4 times

System File Modification

Process /tmp/MuUJHhVefQ generated outgoing network traffic to: 101.34.236.152:60117, 111.231.108.45:60149, 116.62.140.170:60139, 118.107.43.171:60102, 120.195.76.173:60145, 121.199.165.222:60142, 121.40.167.102:60111, 123.57.231.232:60138, 123.60.150.72:60130, 13.251.154.125:60135, 130.193.55.111:60109, 180.111.102.149:60135, 182.86.188.5:60107, 185.233.36.161:60122, 207.174.22.224:60119, 207.244.245.45:60134, 31.130.90.246:60118, 34.204.96.18:60134, 36.7.171.21:60143, 43.128.58.206:60133, 43.138.52.114:60123, 45.159.209.15:60133, 47.122.43.15:60135, 8.131.226.83:60133, 8.140.32.145:60102, 8.219.174.17:60131, 8.222.172.255:60117, 81.68.179.76:60109 and 81.71.101.5:60131

Outgoing Connection

Process /lib/systemd/systemd started listening on ports: 22

Listening

The file /tmp/bash was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

Process /tmp/MuUJHhVefQ attempted to access suspicious domains: hwclouds-dns.com and vps-default-host.net

Outgoing Connection Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to timeout

An attempt to download /root/.ssh/authorized_keys was made

New SSH Key

Associated Files

/tmp/zDRdT6kQR5

SHA256: 976e3772ffea7499f7c119e956a5a71806f8f054caf174978fa888b254dd22a0

1458464 bytes

/tmp/bash

SHA256: 980d6111c328b8dafff8ca3978a07987dbcdd70400855ec08b0e412145329881

558904 bytes