Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 45.207.168.198Previously Malicious

IP Address: 45.207.168.198Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

MSSQL

Tags

Outgoing Connection MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login MSSQL Access Suspicious Domain Drop MsSql Table DNS Query Create MsSql Table

Associated Attack Servers

23.202.231.167 42.117.5.91

Basic Information

IP Address

45.207.168.198

Domain

-

ISP

MacroLAN

Country

South Africa

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-11-19

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-12-05

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 MSSQL with the following username: sa - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

A user logged in using MSSQL with the following credentials: sa / ****** - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt) 2 times

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

A user logged in using MSSQL with the following username: sa - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

MSSQL Brute Force Successful MSSQL Login

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 42.117.5.91:21 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 42.117.5.91:21 2 times

Outgoing Connection

MSSQL tables were dropped: #A1E89578 and #A3D0DDEA

Drop MsSql Table

MSSQL tables were created: #temp_jobs_to_delete________________________________________________________________________________________________000000000002

Create MsSql Table

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: kakui.pw 6 times

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 23.202.231.167:21 and 23.217.138.108:21 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 23.202.231.167:21 and 23.217.138.108:21

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\userinit.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 23.217.138.108:21

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 23.217.138.108:21 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\ftp.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 23.202.231.167:21

Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to user inactivity