Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 178.80.169.228Malicious

IP Address: 178.80.169.228Malicious

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

Associated Attack Servers

120.224.151.26 122.227.26.206 220.250.36.185

Basic Information

IP Address

178.80.169.228

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Saudi Arabia

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-06-24

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-06-26

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 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: 120.224.151.26:17660, 122.227.26.206:19520 and 220.250.36.185:17535

Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to user inactivity