Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 18.163.48.0Malicious

IP Address: 18.163.48.0Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Connect-Back, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

Successful SSH Login Download and Execute Outgoing Connection Executable File Modification Scheduled Task Creation Access Suspicious Domain SSH Service Restart Listening System File Modification Read Password Secrets Download and Allow Execution New SSH Key

Associated Attack Servers

amazonaws.com contaboserver.net hwclouds-dns.com net-bit.ru vps-default-host.net

5.252.22.94 8.219.174.17 8.222.172.255 13.251.154.125 31.130.90.246 36.7.171.21 43.155.183.210 45.159.209.15 47.109.108.202 62.72.0.137 67.205.134.66 103.9.134.247 103.45.248.220 103.219.60.213 114.116.123.252 116.148.201.142 116.196.105.21 121.40.167.102 150.158.169.45 164.92.104.70 180.111.102.149 185.233.36.161 193.106.174.153 207.174.22.224 207.244.245.45 216.246.67.8

Basic Information

IP Address

18.163.48.0

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Hong Kong

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-09-11

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-09-11

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

Successful SSH Login

Process /usr/bin/nohup generated outgoing network traffic to: 150.158.169.45:60124

Outgoing Connection

System file /etc/crontab was modified 9 times

System File Modification

Executable file /usr/bin/wgbtx was modified

Executable File Modification

The file /tmp/bEfkP18C9Q was downloaded and executed 16 times

Download and Execute

Process /tmp/bEfkP18C9Q started listening on ports: 60134

Listening

System file /etc/ssh/sshd_config was modified 4 times

System File Modification

Process /tmp/bEfkP18C9Q generated outgoing network traffic to: 103.219.60.213:60104, 103.45.248.220:60147, 114.116.123.252:60126, 116.148.201.142:60127, 116.196.105.21:60104, 121.40.167.102:60111, 13.251.154.125:60135, 150.158.169.45:60124, 164.92.104.70:60130, 18.163.48.0:60117, 180.111.102.149:60135, 185.233.36.161:60122, 193.106.174.153:60132, 207.174.22.224:60119, 207.244.245.45:60134, 216.246.67.8:60133, 31.130.90.246:60118, 36.7.171.21:60143, 43.155.183.210:60111, 45.159.209.15:60133, 47.109.108.202:60110, 5.252.22.94:60132, 62.72.0.137:60106, 67.205.134.66:60130, 8.219.174.17:60131 and 8.222.172.255:60117

Outgoing Connection

Process /tmp/bEfkP18C9Q attempted to access suspicious domains: hwclouds-dns.com, net-bit.ru and vps-default-host.net

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /lib/systemd/systemd started listening on ports: 22

Listening

The file /tmp/bash was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

Connection was closed due to timeout

An attempt to download /root/.ssh/authorized_keys was made

New SSH Key

Associated Files

/tmp/xoNfvkIxS5

SHA256: 976e3772ffea7499f7c119e956a5a71806f8f054caf174978fa888b254dd22a0

1458464 bytes

/tmp/bash

SHA256: da9d817c51424f843ebbdfcf138f2d67b5187f1a97c10370fd1e0d7ddca50fc2

558904 bytes