Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 178.128.158.153Previously Malicious

IP Address: 178.128.158.153Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Connect-Back, Scanner

Services Targeted

SCP SSH

Tags

System File Modification Download Operation HTTP Outgoing Connection SSH Brute Force 2 Shell Commands Access Suspicious Domain Download and Execute Successful SSH Login Log Tampering SSH Download File Download and Allow Execution

Associated Attack Servers

114.35.102.34 142.93.127.16 159.203.90.161 167.71.239.181 178.128.173.238 182.74.79.227

Basic Information

IP Address

178.128.158.153

Domain

-

ISP

Digital Ocean

Country

United States

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2019-03-16

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-10-31

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 (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SSH Brute Force Successful SSH Login

A possibly malicious Download Operation was detected 4 times

Download Operation

History File Tampering detected from /bin/bash

Log Tampering

Process /bin/bash generated outgoing network traffic to: 178.128.158.153:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /bin/bash attempted to access suspicious domains: archworks.com.br

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

The file /tmp/xfly was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /tmp/x was downloaded and granted execution privileges

/tmp/.fr/scX.tgz was downloaded

Download File

The file /tmp/.fr/.sc/sedQsD8VF was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /tmp/.fr/.sc/sedFhNwFI was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /tmp/.fr/.sc/run2 was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /tmp/.fr/.sc/sedMSqJVO was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /tmp/.fr/.sc/sedygTDqO was downloaded and granted execution privileges

A user logged in using SSH with the following credentials: root / ********* - Authentication policy: Correct Password (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SSH Brute Force Successful SSH Login

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 142.93.127.16:80

Outgoing Connection

The file /tmp/.fr/.sc/b was downloaded and executed 126 times

Download and Execute

The file /tmp/.fr/.sc/xm64_linux was downloaded and executed 7 times

Download and Execute

The file /tmp/.fr/.sc/h64 was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

System file /etc/ld.so.preload was modified 4 times

System File Modification

/tmp/px.txt was downloaded

Download File

Process /usr/bin/perl generated outgoing network traffic to: 182.74.79.227:3389

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 178.128.158.153:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash attempted to access suspicious domains: archworks.com.br

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

/ts.tgz was downloaded

Download File

Connection was closed due to user inactivity

Associated Files

/tmp/.sc/sn

SHA256: 137d5cc81137a9490a0a9cdf487ad91c9b3214828e418d69ae081698d4aaa69a

963697 bytes

/tmp/scX.tgz

SHA256: 32f989ff3221451a6e5c578d2770df8c1c36a1d3bfdd959fa0f77c92cee68f9d

8214506 bytes

/tmp/.fr/scL.tgz

SHA256: 586cf1876c4ae6c708f94b1f1e2b6e254f1abedc8082d2b8514f442eeb4157f5

2132558 bytes

/usr/sbin/md

SHA256: 7fe9d6d8b9390020862ca7dc9e69c1e2b676db5898e4bfad51d66250e9af3eaf

838583 bytes