Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 198.98.56.65Previously Malicious

IP Address: 198.98.56.65Previously Malicious

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

2 Shell Commands SSH Brute Force Download Operation System File Modification Outgoing Connection Successful SSH Login Log Tampering DNS Query SSH

Associated Attack Servers

45.61.184.109 45.61.185.254 45.61.187.179 45.61.187.180 45.61.188.109 45.61.188.118 104.244.72.8 104.244.74.89 104.244.76.25 107.189.1.107 107.189.1.161 107.189.1.180 107.189.13.122 107.189.13.161 107.189.30.211 107.189.31.98 131.153.56.98 131.153.142.106 141.255.153.99 198.98.48.67 198.98.50.192 198.98.51.254 198.98.52.69 198.98.53.184 198.98.56.228 198.98.58.250 199.195.248.37 199.195.248.123 199.195.249.4

Basic Information

IP Address

198.98.56.65

Domain

-

ISP

FranTech Solutions

Country

United States

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-05-18

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-10-15

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 (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SSH Brute Force Successful SSH Login

A possibly malicious Download Operation was detected 2 times

Download Operation

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 198.98.56.65:80

Outgoing Connection

System file /etc/shadow was modified 9 times

System File Modification

Log File Tampering detected from /bin/rm on the following logs: /var/log/lastlog

Log Tampering

Log File Tampering detected from /bin/rm on the following logs: /var/log/wtmp

Log Tampering

History File Tampering detected from /bin/rm on the following logs: /root/.bash_history 2 times

Log Tampering

Process /dev/shm/._lul/krn attempted to access domains: pool.hashvault.pro

DNS Query

Process /dev/shm/._lul/krn generated outgoing network traffic to: 131.153.56.98:80

Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to timeout