Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 156.205.89.44Previously Malicious

IP Address: 156.205.89.44Previously 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 Creation Access Suspicious Domain Service Start MSRPC SMB Null Session Login CMD Service Deletion Successful SMB Login SMB Outgoing Connection

Associated Attack Servers

60.in-addr.arpa

60.10.10.161 118.78.56.74 177.125.168.7

Basic Information

IP Address

156.205.89.44

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Egypt

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-12-12

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-12-12

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 AC04 under service group None 2 times

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 118.78.56.74:17131, 177.125.168.7:19612 and 60.10.10.161:15252

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: 60.in-addr.arpa and adsl-pool.sx.cn

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

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

Successful SMB Login

Connection was closed due to user inactivity