Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 138.68.177.97Previously Malicious

IP Address: 138.68.177.97Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

Download Operation HTTP Outgoing Connection SSH Brute Force 8 Shell Commands Successful SSH Login Log Tampering SSH Download File Download and Allow Execution

Associated Attack Servers

2.58.149.237

Basic Information

IP Address

138.68.177.97

Domain

-

ISP

Digital Ocean

Country

United Kingdom

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-12-26

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-01-05

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 (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SSH Brute Force Successful SSH Login

A possibly malicious Download Operation was detected 4 times

Download Operation

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 2.58.149.237:6972

Outgoing Connection

The file /var/tmp/hoze was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

Process /bin/bash generated outgoing network traffic to: 2.58.149.237:6972

Outgoing Connection

/var/tmp/xri2.tar was downloaded

Download File

History File Tampering detected from /bin/rm on the following logs: /root/.bash_history

Log Tampering

Connection was closed due to timeout