Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 54.180.44.89Previously Malicious

IP Address: 54.180.44.89Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

Scheduled Task Creation Successful SSH Login Scheduled Task Configuration Users and Groups Package Manager Configuration Download and Execute Access Suspicious Domain Service Deletion Log Tampering Outgoing Connection Service Creation Listening SSH 2 Shell Commands

Associated Attack Servers

ntup.net vultrusercontent.com

149.248.3.202 194.145.227.21

Basic Information

IP Address

54.180.44.89

Domain

-

ISP

Amazon.com

Country

Korea, Republic of

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-04-27

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-04-30

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

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 194.145.227.21:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash attempted to access suspicious domains: ntup.net

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 194.145.227.21:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget attempted to access suspicious domains: ntup.net

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

The file /tmp/c24d86abc32 was downloaded and executed 9 times

Download and Execute

Process /usr/bin/nohup started listening on ports: 50937

Listening

Log File Tampering detected from /usr/local/bin/dash on the following logs: /var/log/wtmp

Log Tampering

/etc/cron.daily/svc02i scheduled task was modified

/etc/cron.monthly/svc02i was scheduled to run

/etc/cron.weekly/svc02i was scheduled to run

/etc/cron.hourly/svc02i was scheduled to run

Service svc02i was created

Service Creation

Process /etc/network/if-up.d/svc02i/kthreaddk generated outgoing network traffic to: 194.145.227.21:5443

Outgoing Connection

Process /etc/network/if-up.d/svc02i/kthreaddk attempted to access suspicious domains: ntup.net

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/nohup generated outgoing network traffic to: 149.248.3.202:9999 and 194.145.227.21:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/nohup attempted to access suspicious domains: ntup.net and vultrusercontent.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Associated Files

/tmp/c24d86abc32

SHA256: bf0848777f81a226bef059ad44ecbe94804130c30ca7c1aa91b9e12e3c6c917d

3585880 bytes