Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 79.172.8.94Malicious

IP Address: 79.172.8.94Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Service Creation Service Deletion Successful SMB Login CMD SMB Service Start Access Suspicious Domain MSRPC Outgoing Connection

Associated Attack Servers

121.in-addr.arpa 163data.com.cn

79.127.41.100 115.60.234.105 121.22.93.50 159.89.31.59 220.160.23.161 222.134.99.132

Basic Information

IP Address

79.172.8.94

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Russian Federation

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-12-23

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-10-03

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 2 times

Successful SMB Login

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC00 under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC07 under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 115.60.234.105:20133, 121.22.93.50:14312 and 222.134.99.132:12539

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: 121.in-addr.arpa and adsl

Outgoing Connection Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to user inactivity