Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 198.98.62.79Previously Malicious

IP Address: 198.98.62.79Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SCP

Tags

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected 33 Shell Commands Executable File Modification System File Modification Outgoing Connection Download File Download and Execute Successful SSH Login Access Suspicious Domain SSH SCP

Associated Attack Servers

ip-51-79-226.net ip-51-81-151.us

51.79.226.3 51.81.151.235 51.222.149.40 88.99.193.240 88.99.242.92 94.130.165.85 136.243.49.177

Basic Information

IP Address

198.98.62.79

Domain

-

ISP

FranTech Solutions

Country

United States

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2018-12-23

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-01-13

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 SSH with the following credentials: root / **** - Authentication policy: White List

Successful SSH Login

Executable file /bin/72f8kc5corn8kdwh70p0jdlufq was modified 9 times

Executable File Modification

/bin/72f8kc5corn8kdwh70p0jdlufq was downloaded

Download File

IDS detected A Network Trojan was detected : DNS request for Monero mining pool

IDS - A Network Trojan was detected

The file /bin/dhpcd was downloaded and executed 8 times

Download and Execute

Process /bin/dhpcd generated outgoing network traffic to: 136.243.49.177:4444, 51.222.149.40:4444, 51.79.226.3:4444, 51.81.151.235:4444, 88.99.193.240:4444, 88.99.242.92:4444 and 94.130.165.85:4444

Outgoing Connection

Process /bin/dhpcd attempted to access suspicious domains: ip-51-222-149.net, ip-51-79-226.net and ip-51-81-151.us

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

/dev/shm/72f8kc5corn8kdwh70p0jdlufq was downloaded

Download File

/dev/shm/knrm was downloaded

Download File

/dev/shm/r was downloaded

Download File

System file /etc/sedI27SWz was modified 9 times

System File Modification

Connection was closed due to timeout