Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 179.189.250.121Malicious

IP Address: 179.189.250.121Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Outgoing Connection File Operation By CMD SMB Share Connect Service Creation Service Start Service Deletion PowerShell Access Suspicious Domain DNS Query Listening SMB CMD Successful SMB Login

Associated Attack Servers

bing.protopower.icu cdn.adapex.io cdnjs.cloudflare.com embed.sendtonews.com google.protopower.icu img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net ocsp.sectigo.com parking2.parklogic.com parklogic.com simcast.com www.googletagmanager.com

72.52.178.23 177.47.193.74

Basic Information

IP Address

179.189.250.121

Domain

-

ISP

WorldNet Telecom Comercio e Serviços de Telecomuni

Country

Brazil

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-11-28

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-10-24

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 3 times

Successful SMB Login

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

Service Creation Service Start

Process netsvcs Service Group started listening on ports: 65531 and 65532

Listening

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

Service Creation Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed as a service named mnyi under service group None

Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\mshta.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: google.protopower.icu

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe attempted to access domains: go.microsoft.com

DNS Query

Process c:\program files (x86)\internet explorer\iexplore.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: ctldl.windowsupdate.com, embed.sendtonews.com, google.protopower.icu and ocsp.usertrust.com

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

PowerShell session started by c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Process c:\program files (x86)\internet explorer\iexplore.exe attempted to access domains: cdn.adapex.io, cdnjs.cloudflare.com, code.jquery.com, img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net, ocsp.comodoca.com, ocsp.sectigo.com, pagead2.googlesyndication.com, parking2.parklogic.com, simcast.com and www.googletagmanager.com

DNS Query

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: bing.protopower.icu

Outgoing Connection DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

Process c:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\powershell.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 72.52.178.23:80

Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to timeout