Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 167.71.228.234Previously Malicious

IP Address: 167.71.228.234Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SCP

Tags

Port 22 Scan 8 Shell Commands Listening Service Configuration Successful SSH Login Download and Execute Scheduled Task Creation Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection Port 2222 Scan Download and Allow Execution SSH Download File New SSH Key Inbound HTTP Request DNS Query SCP Executable File Modification System File Modification

Associated Attack Servers

bttracker.debian.org

18.68.15.226 148.147.245.19 152.204.119.173 185.178.152.148 218.84.175.232

Basic Information

IP Address

167.71.228.234

Domain

-

ISP

The Associated Press

Country

United States

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-04-20

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-05-02

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: Reached Max Attempts

Successful SSH Login

/usr/.work//.bash_history was downloaded

Download File

/usr/.work//.bashrc was downloaded

Download File

/usr/.work//work64 was downloaded

Download File

The file /usr/.work/work64 was downloaded and executed 63 times

Download and Execute

Process /usr/.work/work64 started listening on ports: 14747, 34885 and 8011

Listening

Executable file /usr/bin/wget1 was modified

Executable File Modification

The file /tmp/xmr was downloaded and executed 5 times

Download and Execute

Process /tmp/xmr attempted to access suspicious domains: xmr.crypto-pool.fr

DNS Query Access Suspicious Domain

System file /etc/rc.local was modified

System File Modification

System file /etc/crontab was modified

System File Modification

Process /usr/.work/work64 generated outgoing network traffic to: 10.33.0.124:22, 10.33.0.124:2222, 10.33.0.141:22, 10.33.0.141:2222, 101.37.233.137:22, 101.37.233.137:2222, 122.240.95.18:22, 122.240.95.18:2222, 133.61.173.227:22, 133.61.173.227:2222, 136.50.58.235:22, 136.50.58.235:2222, 146.14.171.218:22, 146.14.171.218:2222, 148.147.245.19:222, 148.147.245.19:23, 148.147.245.19:2382, 148.147.245.19:26, 148.147.245.19:4118, 148.147.245.19:50000, 148.147.245.19:5555, 148.147.245.19:830, 148.222.8.239:22, 148.222.8.239:2222, 151.115.12.249:22, 151.115.12.249:2222, 152.204.119.173:7777, 155.138.200.213:22, 155.138.200.213:2222, 164.219.53.246:22, 164.219.53.246:2222, 169.46.67.130:22, 169.46.67.130:2222, 177.187.176.96:22, 177.187.176.96:2222, 177.81.109.146:22, 177.81.109.146:2222, 18.68.15.226:2002, 18.68.15.226:2022, 18.68.15.226:22, 18.68.15.226:222, 18.68.15.226:2222, 18.68.15.226:22222, 18.68.15.226:2223, 18.68.15.226:23, 18.68.15.226:2323, 18.68.15.226:2382, 18.68.15.226:26, 18.68.15.226:3389, 18.68.15.226:4118, 18.68.15.226:443, 18.68.15.226:444, 18.68.15.226:50000, 18.68.15.226:5555, 18.68.15.226:55554, 18.68.15.226:6000, 18.68.15.226:666, 18.68.15.226:7777, 18.68.15.226:8022, 18.68.15.226:830, 18.68.15.226:8888, 18.68.15.226:9000, 18.68.15.226:9090, 18.68.15.226:9999, 185.178.152.148:22, 185.178.152.148:2222, 185.178.152.148:22222, 185.178.152.148:3389, 185.178.152.148:443, 185.178.152.148:55554, 185.178.152.148:9000, 199.181.150.92:22, 199.181.150.92:2222, 2.96.65.130:22, 2.96.65.130:2222, 209.18.155.223:22, 209.18.155.223:2222, 210.151.242.112:2222, 218.84.175.232:22, 218.84.175.232:2222, 218.84.175.232:3389, 219.65.159.155:22, 219.65.159.155:2222, 223.255.224.128:22, 223.255.224.128:2222, 24.224.188.112:22, 24.224.188.112:2222, 34.59.59.39:22, 35.187.53.228:22, 35.187.53.228:2222, 40.159.87.245:22, 40.159.87.245:2222, 42.17.196.18:22, 42.17.196.18:2222, 53.9.78.133:22, 53.9.78.133:2222, 58.143.1.77:22, 58.143.1.77:2222, 8.221.212.186:22 and 8.221.212.186:2222

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/.work/work64 scanned port 22 on 30 IP Addresses

Port 2222 Scan Port 22 Scan

Process /usr/.work/work64 scanned port 2222 on 30 IP Addresses

Port 2222 Scan Port 22 Scan

Process /usr/.work/work64 scanned port 22 on 30 IP Addresses

Port 2222 Scan Port 22 Scan

Process /usr/.work/work64 scanned port 2222 on 30 IP Addresses

Port 2222 Scan Port 22 Scan

Process /usr/.work/work64 attempted to access domains: bttracker.debian.org, dht.transmissionbt.com, router.bittorrent.com and router.utorrent.com

DNS Query

Connection was closed due to timeout

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

New SSH Key