Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 23.154.177.98Previously Malicious

IP Address: 23.154.177.98Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SCP

Tags

44 Shell Commands IDS - A Network Trojan was detected Listening Executable File Modification Outgoing Connection Download File Download and Execute Successful SSH Login Access Suspicious Domain Scheduled Task Creation SSH Service Configuration SCP

Associated Attack Servers

ip-178-32-120.eu ip-51-68-21.eu ip-51-79-226.net ip-51-81-195.us

51.68.21.186 51.79.226.3 51.81.195.38 51.222.193.76 88.99.242.92 94.130.164.163 94.130.165.87 178.32.120.127

Basic Information

IP Address

23.154.177.98

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

-

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-07-22

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-10-03

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/34pybk4nwc6bi5jzp9gcc7ae5m was modified 16 times

Executable File Modification

/bin/34pybk4nwc6bi5jzp9gcc7ae5m was downloaded

Download File

Executable file /bin/dhpcd was modified 49 times

Executable File Modification

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 14 times

Download and Execute

Process /bin/dhpcd generated outgoing network traffic to: 178.32.120.127:4444, 51.222.193.76:4444, 51.68.21.186:4444, 51.79.226.3:4444, 51.81.195.38:4444, 94.130.164.163:4444 and 94.130.165.87:4444

Outgoing Connection

Process /bin/dhpcd attempted to access suspicious domains: ip-178-32-120.eu, ip-51-222-193.net, ip-51-68-21.eu, ip-51-79-226.net and ip-51-81-195.us

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

/dev/shm/34pybk4nwc6bi5jzp9gcc7ae5m was downloaded

Download File

/dev/shm/knrm was downloaded

Download File

/dev/shm/r was downloaded

Download File

Process /bin/dhpcd generated outgoing network traffic to: 51.222.193.76:4444

Outgoing Connection

Process /bin/dhpcd attempted to access suspicious domains: ip-51-222-193.net

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

/etc/rc.local was downloaded 2 times

Download File

Process /usr/sbin/sshd started listening on ports: 22

Listening

Connection was closed due to timeout