Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 61.238.68.6Previously Malicious

IP Address: 61.238.68.6Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

Executable File Modification Successful SSH Login SSH Brute Force Outgoing Connection Download and Execute SSH New SSH Key Access Suspicious Domain

Associated Attack Servers

hichina.com hybs-pro.net ident.me inet.co.th ip-164-132-50.eu orange-business.com

14.157.116.231 14.157.119.189 18.223.30.27 23.221.72.161 34.117.59.81 39.108.215.9 42.192.132.110 42.194.136.16 42.194.136.96 47.98.152.150 47.98.237.159 49.12.234.183 49.235.26.143 52.255.134.40 54.196.211.253 57.100.67.147 81.68.117.137 101.226.197.196 103.27.42.10 103.27.42.77 103.47.242.247 104.18.115.97 106.53.194.115 107.170.192.159 110.249.166.66 111.67.197.174 111.229.197.89 111.231.94.142 115.124.99.133

Basic Information

IP Address

61.238.68.6

Domain

-

ISP

Hong Kong Broadband Network

Country

Hong Kong

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-05-12

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-05-22

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: Reached Max Attempts (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SSH Brute Force Successful SSH Login

Executable file /usr/bin/vzgbhw was modified 9 times

Executable File Modification

The file /usr/bin/vzgbhw was downloaded and executed 39 times

Download and Execute

Process /usr/bin/vzgbhw generated outgoing network traffic to: 1.1.1.1:53, 101.226.197.196:38531, 103.27.42.10:60760, 103.27.42.77:55418, 103.47.242.247:45260, 104.18.115.97:80, 106.53.194.115:38739, 107.170.192.159:34729, 107.170.192.159:8000, 110.249.166.66:57924, 111.229.197.89:38017, 111.231.94.142:40986, 111.67.197.174:40416, 115.124.99.133:39813, 118.144.137.141:33601, 120.238.246.181:40425, 120.55.165.126:51190, 120.77.80.111:46476, 122.51.138.192:45021, 122.51.17.42:40989, 124.113.176.5:53534, 132.232.40.86:38003, 139.162.127.223:45499, 139.224.117.63:35199, 14.157.116.231:1458, 14.157.119.189:1458, 140.143.59.146:46877, 164.132.50.60:35731, 18.223.30.27:32849, 182.43.41.220:42101, 182.75.115.93:43327, 203.150.95.65:33297, 208.67.222.222:443, 210.73.207.46:49558, 218.244.130.78:60848, 219.141.184.182:49287, 222.128.24.203:40979, 23.221.72.161:80, 34.117.59.81:80, 39.108.215.9:40315, 42.192.132.110:27634, 42.194.136.16:35756, 42.194.136.96:35463, 47.98.152.150:42130, 47.98.237.159:45657, 49.12.234.183:80, 49.235.26.143:43796, 52.255.134.40:38052, 54.196.211.253:80, 57.100.67.147:42705 and 81.68.117.137:39592

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/vzgbhw attempted to access suspicious domains: 182-airtel.com, bjtelecom.net, googleusercontent.com, hichina.com, hybs-pro.net, ident.me, inet.co.th, ip-164-132-50.eu and targetcampus.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

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

Download and Execute

Connection was closed due to timeout

An attempt to download /root/.ssh/authorized_keys was made 25 times

New SSH Key

Associated Files

/usr/local/bin/qkglvy

SHA256: 5e9eed61745f9cab83471787ec9610b722c950ac5bc185fd152327eb068e7ed9

3180796 bytes