Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 123.231.85.154Previously Malicious

IP Address: 123.231.85.154Previously 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 SMB Service Deletion Outgoing Connection CMD

Associated Attack Servers

58.242.238.158 59.44.206.198 158.247.193.37

Basic Information

IP Address

123.231.85.154

Domain

-

ISP

MTT Network Pvt

Country

Sri Lanka

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-02-16

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-07-09

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

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

Service Start Service Creation

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 2 times

Successful SMB Login

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 158.247.193.37:10731, 58.242.238.158:15053 and 59.44.206.198:18829

Outgoing Connection

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

Service Start Service Creation

Connection was closed due to user inactivity