Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 170.78.44.239Previously Malicious

IP Address: 170.78.44.239Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

krisent.com

23.94.203.148 92.119.236.219

Basic Information

IP Address

170.78.44.239

Domain

-

ISP

Cooperativa De Provisión De Electricidad Y Otros S

Country

Argentina

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-01-19

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-12-25

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: 23.94.203.148:14093 and 92.119.236.219:17044

Outgoing Connection

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

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC04 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Connection was closed due to user inactivity