Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 78.190.29.166Previously Malicious

IP Address: 78.190.29.166Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Service Start MSRPC Service Creation Successful SMB Login SMB Null Session Login Download and Execute SMB Access Suspicious Domain Service Deletion Outgoing Connection CMD

Associated Attack Servers

45.32.129.131 45.76.78.57 58.56.188.146 82.209.206.150 104.148.101.66 110.53.78.196 113.172.0.142 139.9.219.138 212.111.205.83 216.189.159.94 218.200.147.13 219.138.227.119 221.199.171.174

Basic Information

IP Address

78.190.29.166

Domain

-

ISP

Turk Telekom

Country

Turkey

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-06-12

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-06-22

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 SMB with the following username: administrator - Authentication policy: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SMB Login

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User

Successful SMB Login

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC04 under service group None 2 times

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 113.172.0.142:13449, 139.9.219.138:13151 and 58.56.188.146:13898

Outgoing Connection

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User

Successful SMB Login

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI2.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI4.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI7.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: hwclouds-dns.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSIB.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

Connection was closed due to user inactivity