Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 14.244.172.242Previously Malicious

IP Address: 14.244.172.242Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Service Deletion Outgoing Connection Successful SMB Login MSRPC Service Creation Service Start SMB Null Session Login CMD SMB

Associated Attack Servers

159.203.38.75 165.22.101.121 202.189.6.95

Basic Information

IP Address

14.244.172.242

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Viet Nam

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-17

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-17

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

Successful SMB Login

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

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

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

Successful SMB Login

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC06 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 159.203.38.75:17219, 165.22.101.121:11498 and 202.189.6.95:19101

Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to user inactivity