Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 217.138.209.114Previously Malicious

IP Address: 217.138.209.114Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

12 Shell Commands Package Install Human Executable File Modification DNS Query Outgoing Connection Download and Execute Successful SSH Login Log Tampering SSH

Associated Attack Servers

91.189.88.142 91.189.91.38

Basic Information

IP Address

217.138.209.114

Domain

-

ISP

Venus Business Communications Limited

Country

United Kingdom

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-06-29

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-08-29

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

A user logged in using SSH with the following credentials: root / ******** - Authentication policy: Correct Password

Successful SSH Login

A possibly malicious Package Install was detected 2 times

Package Install

Process /usr/lib/apt/methods/http attempted to access domains: _http._tcp.archive.ubuntu.com and archive.ubuntu.com

DNS Query

Process /usr/bin/apt-get attempted to access domains: _http._tcp.security.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com

DNS Query

Process /usr/lib/apt/methods/http generated outgoing network traffic to: 91.189.88.152:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/apt-get generated outgoing network traffic to: 91.189.91.38:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/apt-get attempted to access domains: _http._tcp.archive.ubuntu.com and archive.ubuntu.com

DNS Query

Process /usr/bin/apt-get generated outgoing network traffic to: 91.189.88.142:80

Outgoing Connection

The file /usr/share/doc/masscan.dpkg-new was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Executable file /usr/bin/masscan was modified 16 times

Executable File Modification

The file /usr/bin/masscan was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

History File Tampering detected from /bin/bash

Log Tampering

Connection was closed due to user inactivity