Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 121.40.197.182Malicious

IP Address: 121.40.197.182Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Connect-Back, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

121.in-addr.arpa hwclouds-dns.com scalabledns.com

8.131.226.83 8.219.174.17 31.130.90.246 39.101.170.247 39.164.2.252 45.66.157.10 47.94.239.66 47.100.13.56 101.34.64.39 106.74.25.113 116.63.164.168 116.204.102.226 117.78.52.58 119.13.109.190 120.76.40.232 120.77.210.109 120.79.189.2 121.22.250.22 123.60.111.199 124.71.181.20 124.223.194.6 124.225.78.48 125.79.106.14 150.158.169.45

Basic Information

IP Address

121.40.197.182

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

China

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-09-18

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-09-18

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: 45.66.157.10:60148

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/bin/nohup attempted to access suspicious domains: scalabledns.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

System file /etc/crontab was modified 9 times

System File Modification

Executable file /usr/bin/wgbtx was modified

Executable File Modification

The file /tmp/psUGGSBiGT was downloaded and executed 13 times

Download and Execute

Process /tmp/psUGGSBiGT started listening on ports: 60143

Listening

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

System File Modification

Process /tmp/psUGGSBiGT generated outgoing network traffic to: 101.34.64.39:60144, 106.74.25.113:60135, 116.204.102.226:60122, 116.63.164.168:60112, 117.169.95.165:60118, 117.78.52.58:60125, 119.13.109.190:60108, 120.76.40.232:60136, 120.77.210.109:60125, 120.79.189.2:60102, 121.22.250.22:60108, 121.40.197.182:60141, 123.60.111.199:60128, 124.223.194.6:60144, 124.225.78.48:60138, 124.71.181.20:60121, 125.79.106.14:60106, 150.158.169.45:60124, 31.130.90.246:60118, 39.101.170.247:60103, 39.164.2.252:60134, 45.66.157.10:60148, 47.100.13.56:60103, 47.94.239.66:60138, 8.131.226.83:60133 and 8.219.174.17:60131

Outgoing Connection

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

Listening

The file /tmp/bash was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

Process /tmp/psUGGSBiGT attempted to access suspicious domains: 121.in-addr.arpa, hwclouds-dns.com and scalabledns.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to timeout

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

New SSH Key

Associated Files

/tmp/bash

SHA256: 624d8838045d8fa76bcde46e49e9b80ce52ce717e08a8e564a3398d11544e0e2

558904 bytes

/tmp/xoNfvkIxS5

SHA256: 976e3772ffea7499f7c119e956a5a71806f8f054caf174978fa888b254dd22a0

1458464 bytes