Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 196.221.196.106Malicious

IP Address: 196.221.196.106Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

virginmediabusiness.co.uk

62.30.90.163 93.118.106.178 174.138.95.79 178.62.49.17 178.62.253.14

Basic Information

IP Address

196.221.196.106

Domain

-

ISP

Vodafone Egypt

Country

Egypt

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-06-16

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-08-25

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

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

Service Start Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 178.62.49.17:14664, 62.30.90.163:15471 and 93.118.106.178:16898

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: virginmediabusiness.co.uk

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to user inactivity