Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 2.50.40.237Malicious

IP Address: 2.50.40.237Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Successful SMB Login Service Deletion Outgoing Connection SMB CMD SMB Null Session Login Service Creation Service Start

Associated Attack Servers

61.160.250.158 122.144.178.145 138.68.78.116 159.89.31.59 222.175.27.154

Basic Information

IP Address

2.50.40.237

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

United Arab Emirates

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-12-15

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-01-13

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 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 AC04 under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 122.144.178.145:13799, 159.89.31.59:16801 and 61.160.250.158:15057

Outgoing Connection

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 Creation Service Start

Connection was closed due to timeout