Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 79.116.20.238Previously Malicious

IP Address: 79.116.20.238Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

Service Configuration SSH Brute Force Download and Allow Execution Scheduled Task Creation Download File HTTP 10 Shell Commands Access Suspicious Domain Successful SSH Login Outgoing Connection Listening SSH Download and Execute Download Operation System File Modification

Associated Attack Servers

googleusercontent.com

34.66.229.152

Basic Information

IP Address

79.116.20.238

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Spain

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-01-25

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-02

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

A possibly malicious Download Operation was detected 10 times

Download Operation

Process /bin/bash generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /bin/bash attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com 2 times

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com 2 times

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80 3 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com 3 times

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

/tmp/2sh was downloaded

Download File

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com 2 times

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /root/pty3 started listening on ports: 59000

Listening

The file /root/pty3 was downloaded and executed 33 times

Download and Execute

System file /etc/rc.local was modified

System File Modification

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

Download and Allow Execution

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com 2 times

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80 3 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com 3 times

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

The file /tmp/pty4 was downloaded and executed 6 times

Download and Execute

The file /root/pty4 was downloaded and executed 3 times

Download and Execute

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

Download and Execute

The file /tmp/pty5 was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Process /usr/local/bin/dash generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/local/bin/dash attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 34.66.229.152:80

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/wget attempted to access suspicious domains: googleusercontent.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to timeout

Associated Files

/tmp/pty10

SHA256: 6730eb04edf45d590939d7ba36ca0d4f1d2f28a2692151e3c631e9f2d3612893

801436 bytes

/tmp/pty4

SHA256: 86947b00a3d61b82b6f752876404953ff3c39952f2b261988baf63fbbbd6d6ae

45012 bytes

/var/tmp/pty3

SHA256: 9e28f942262805b5fb59f46568fed53fd4b7dbf6faf666bedaf6ff22dd416572

49124 bytes