Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 198.135.53.66Previously Malicious

IP Address: 198.135.53.66Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SCP

Tags

8 Shell Commands Access Suspicious Domain Port 22 Scan Listening Executable File Modification System File Modification DNS Query Outgoing Connection Download File Download and Execute Successful SSH Login New SSH Key Port 2222 Scan Scheduled Task Creation SSH Service Configuration SCP Download and Allow Execution

Associated Attack Servers

bttracker.debian.org poneytelecom.eu

10.32.0.184 119.17.132.21 121.100.139.174 163.172.226.137 185.202.130.8

Basic Information

IP Address

198.135.53.66

Domain

-

ISP

vanoppen.biz LLC

Country

United States

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-11-02

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-11-02

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: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SSH Login

/usr/.work//work64 was downloaded

Download File

The file /usr/.work/work64 was downloaded and executed 65 times

Download and Execute

Process /usr/.work/work64 started listening on ports: 14747, 38831 and 8012

Listening

Executable file /usr/bin/wget1 was modified

Executable File Modification

Process /tmp/xmr attempted to access suspicious domains: poneytelecom.eu and xmr.crypto-pool.fr

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

System file /etc/rc.local was modified

System File Modification

System file /etc/crontab was modified

System File Modification

Process /tmp/xmr generated outgoing network traffic to: 163.172.226.137:6666

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/.work/work64 generated outgoing network traffic to: 10.32.0.184:2002, 10.32.0.184:2022, 10.32.0.184:22, 10.32.0.184:222, 10.32.0.184:2222, 10.32.0.184:22222, 10.32.0.184:2223, 10.32.0.184:23, 10.32.0.184:2323, 10.32.0.184:2382, 10.32.0.184:26, 10.32.0.184:3389, 10.32.0.184:4118, 10.32.0.184:443, 10.32.0.184:444, 10.32.0.184:50000, 10.32.0.184:5555, 10.32.0.184:55554, 10.32.0.184:6000, 10.32.0.184:666, 10.32.0.184:7777, 10.32.0.184:8022, 10.32.0.184:830, 10.32.0.184:8888, 10.32.0.184:9000, 10.32.0.184:9090, 10.32.0.184:9999, 10.32.0.30:22, 10.32.0.30:2222, 101.54.51.218:22, 101.54.51.218:2222, 116.55.224.81:22, 116.55.224.81:2222, 118.116.255.108:22, 119.17.132.21:2002, 119.17.132.21:2022, 119.17.132.21:222, 119.17.132.21:23, 119.17.132.21:2323, 119.17.132.21:2382, 119.17.132.21:26, 119.17.132.21:4118, 119.17.132.21:444, 119.17.132.21:50000, 119.17.132.21:5555, 119.17.132.21:666, 119.17.132.21:7777, 119.17.132.21:830, 119.17.132.21:9999, 12.115.182.53:22, 12.115.182.53:2222, 12.52.217.113:22, 12.52.217.113:2222, 121.100.139.174:222, 121.100.139.174:23, 121.100.139.174:2382, 121.100.139.174:26, 121.100.139.174:4118, 121.100.139.174:444, 121.100.139.174:50000, 121.100.139.174:5555, 121.100.139.174:830, 124.19.184.83:22, 124.19.184.83:2222, 128.94.249.105:22, 128.94.249.105:2222, 151.99.95.251:22, 151.99.95.251:2222, 153.152.199.138:22, 153.152.199.138:2222, 163.169.160.120:22, 163.169.160.120:2222, 177.173.92.157:22, 177.173.92.157:2222, 18.87.235.71:22, 18.87.235.71:2222, 182.153.71.127:22, 182.153.71.127:2222, 198.21.3.154:22, 198.21.3.154:2222, 209.248.150.150:22, 213.234.143.38:22, 213.234.143.38:2222, 220.153.87.129:22, 220.153.87.129:2222, 53.195.77.252:22, 53.195.77.252:2222, 58.176.214.93:22, 58.176.214.93:2222, 63.230.100.242:22, 63.230.100.242:2222, 80.73.0.111:22, 80.73.0.111:2222, 92.227.120.163:22, 92.227.120.163:2222, 96.14.192.80:22, 96.14.192.80:2222, 96.47.66.1:22 and 96.47.66.1:2222

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/.work/work64 scanned port 22 on 26 IP Addresses

Port 2222 Scan Port 22 Scan

Process /usr/.work/work64 scanned port 22 on 24 IP Addresses

Port 2222 Scan Port 22 Scan

Process /usr/.work/work64 scanned port 2222 on 26 IP Addresses

Port 2222 Scan Port 22 Scan

Process /usr/.work/work64 scanned port 2222 on 24 IP Addresses

Port 2222 Scan Port 22 Scan

Process /usr/.work/work64 attempted to access suspicious domains: aussiebb.net

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/.work/work64 attempted to access domains: bttracker.debian.org, dht.transmissionbt.com, router.bittorrent.com and router.utorrent.com

DNS Query

The file /tmp/xmr 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