Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 14.98.229.18Previously Malicious

IP Address: 14.98.229.18Previously 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 Start Service Creation Successful SMB Login Download and Execute SMB Access Suspicious Domain Service Deletion Outgoing Connection CMD

Associated Attack Servers

2.135.214.120 36.153.114.246 45.195.10.91 117.187.136.141 202.61.125.93 222.168.10.44

Basic Information

IP Address

14.98.229.18

Domain

-

ISP

Midc Sanpada

Country

India

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2019-08-04

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-06-19

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 AC06 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: 117.187.136.141:13405, 2.135.214.120:11445, 36.153.114.246:17881 and 78.37.27.188:17816

Outgoing Connection

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI6.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\installer\msi6.tmp

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI7.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI8.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

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

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC09 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSIE.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\installer\msie.tmp

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI12.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI13.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI14.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI17.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI18.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\installer\msi18.tmp

Download and Execute

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