Cyber Threat Intelligence

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IP Address: 72.220.242.250Previously Malicious

IP Address: 72.220.242.250Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

Successful SSH Login HTTP Download Operation Download and Execute 10 Shell Commands SSH Service Configuration Outgoing Connection System File Modification Scheduled Task Creation Download File

Associated Attack Servers

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Basic Information

IP Address

72.220.242.250

Domain

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ISP

Cox Communications

Country

United States

WHOIS

Created Date

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Updated Date

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Organization

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First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-12-30

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-01-13

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 (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SSH Brute Force Successful SSH Login

A possibly malicious Download Operation was detected 10 times

Download Operation

Process /bin/bash generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /bin/bash generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80

Outgoing Connection

/tmp/pty1 was downloaded

Download File

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80

Outgoing Connection

/tmp/2sh was downloaded

Download File

Process /bin/bash generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80

Outgoing Connection

The file /tmp/pty2 was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80

Outgoing Connection

The file /root/pty10 was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

The file /tmp/pty10 was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /root/pty3 started listening on ports: 2407

Listening

The file /root/pty3 was downloaded and executed 27 times

Download and Execute

System file /etc/inittab2 was modified 361 times

System File Modification

The file /root/pty4 was downloaded and granted execution privileges

System file /etc/rc.local was modified

System File Modification

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80

Outgoing Connection

The file /var/tmp/pty3 was downloaded and executed 3 times

Download and Execute

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 167.99.39.134:80

Outgoing Connection

The file /tmp/pty4 was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

Connection was closed due to timeout