Cyber Threat Intelligence

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IP Address: 8.142.169.235Malicious

IP Address: 8.142.169.235Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

Read Password Secrets Download and Allow Execution New SSH Key SSH Successful SSH Login Executable File Modification System File Modification Outgoing Connection Download and Execute Access Suspicious Domain Service Restart Listening Scheduled Task Creation

Associated Attack Servers

amazonaws.com hwclouds-dns.com linodeusercontent.com

39.105.148.252 39.165.145.170 44.195.156.114 47.99.121.169 49.232.13.169 74.207.245.102 103.9.134.247 113.24.66.76 116.198.200.159 118.195.133.128 120.79.189.2 125.74.93.225 128.199.220.226 143.198.18.91 156.251.30.145 159.138.53.206 173.214.161.76 220.179.198.25 223.83.147.247

Basic Information

IP Address

8.142.169.235

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-02-17

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-02-17

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

Successful SSH Login

Process /usr/bin/nohup generated outgoing network traffic to: 118.195.133.128:60116

Outgoing Connection

System file /etc/crontab was modified 9 times

System File Modification

The file /tmp/SHMZ3M6Qc6 was downloaded and executed 11 times

Download and Execute

Process /tmp/SHMZ3M6Qc6 started listening on ports: 60131

Listening

Executable file /usr/bin/wgbtx was modified

Executable File Modification

System file /etc/nshadow was modified 225 times

System File Modification

System file /etc/ssh/sshd_config was modified 4 times

System File Modification

Process /tmp/SHMZ3M6Qc6 generated outgoing network traffic to: 113.24.66.76:60148, 116.198.200.159:60122, 118.195.133.128:60116, 120.79.189.2:60102, 125.74.93.225:60100, 128.199.220.226:60123, 143.198.18.91:60115, 156.251.30.145:60101, 159.138.53.206:60144, 173.214.161.76:60125, 220.179.198.25:60127, 223.83.147.247:60139, 39.105.148.252:60125, 39.165.145.170:60148, 44.195.156.114:60132, 47.99.121.169:60142, 49.232.13.169:60146 and 74.207.245.102:60146

Outgoing Connection

Process /tmp/SHMZ3M6Qc6 attempted to access suspicious domains: hwclouds-dns.com and linodeusercontent.com

Outgoing Connection Access Suspicious Domain

Process /lib/systemd/systemd started listening on ports: 22

Listening

The file /tmp/bash was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

Connection was closed due to timeout

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

New SSH Key

Associated Files

/tmp/bash

SHA256: a36d97d8fde67cdd04aba26833d1326a38895d584705e11a696ba6e7ecfe20c6

542520 bytes

/tmp/SHMZ3M6Qc6

SHA256: b449b1be91e2d6cdaf58e9b92a5ab049e72622f5567ebed5b4654c6ed0cec7ac

1923924 bytes