Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 197.156.76.54Malicious

IP Address: 197.156.76.54Malicious

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

Associated Attack Servers

79.127.41.100 111.160.113.188 170.64.177.69

Basic Information

IP Address

197.156.76.54

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Ethiopia

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-09-13

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-09-13

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

Successful SMB Login

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC02 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User

Successful SMB Login

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC09 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 111.160.113.188:17848, 170.64.177.69:19804 and 79.127.41.100:19588

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: no-data

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to user inactivity