Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 222.173.62.98Malicious

IP Address: 222.173.62.98Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

CMD Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection MSRPC Successful SMB Login Service Start Service Creation Service Deletion SMB Null Session Login SMB

Associated Attack Servers

pldt.net

43.248.117.58 165.22.101.121 210.213.142.162

Basic Information

IP Address

222.173.62.98

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-01-05

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-04-26

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 AC05 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 165.22.101.121:11498, 210.213.142.162:15396 and 43.248.117.58:16613

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: pldt.net

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to user inactivity