Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 159.223.228.236Previously Malicious

IP Address: 159.223.228.236Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

System File Modification 1 Shell Commands Kill Process Download Operation Successful SSH Login Service Start SSH Brute Force User Created Download File Scheduled Task Creation SSH Download and Execute Service Creation Download and Allow Execution Log Tampering Outgoing Connection HTTP New SSH Key

Associated Attack Servers

31.210.20.111 139.99.123.196

Basic Information

IP Address

159.223.228.236

Domain

-

ISP

Celanese International Corporation

Country

United States

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-05-12

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-05-23

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

Download Operation Kill Process

A possibly malicious Kill Process was detected

Download Operation Kill Process

A possibly malicious Download Operation was detected

Download Operation Kill Process

A possibly malicious Kill Process was detected

Download Operation Kill Process

History File Tampering detected from /usr/sbin/sshd

Log Tampering

Process /bin/bash generated outgoing network traffic to: 31.210.20.111:21 and 31.210.20.111:7528

Outgoing Connection

System file /etc/shadow was modified 9 times

System File Modification

The file /tmp/.tmp/.diicot was downloaded and executed

Download and Execute

Process /usr/bin/wget generated outgoing network traffic to: 31.210.20.111:10236 and 31.210.20.111:21

Outgoing Connection

User z was created with the password *********

User Created

The file /tmp/.tmp/.b4nd1d0 was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /tmp/.tmp/Opera was downloaded and executed 32 times

Download and Execute

The file /usr/bin/sshd was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

Service myservice was created and started

Service Start Service Creation

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

Log Tampering

Connection was closed due to timeout

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

New SSH Key

Associated Files

/var/tmp/Documents/Opera

SHA256: 1e878334ff97bce5c948dda62a1046cd2121a657b612e412e423e36b5ee6461a

2166684 bytes

/tmp/.tmp/.diicot

SHA256: 709ba5f74eed9ac7fdc2dcfbb7ff1ad0f7fe15f2044a2ef97d28cd9067a6d0df

305524 bytes