Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 172.81.125.179Malicious

IP Address: 172.81.125.179Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Service Creation Access Suspicious Domain Successful SMB Login SMB Service Deletion Outgoing Connection SMB Null Session Login MSRPC Service Start CMD

Associated Attack Servers

adsl-pool.sx.cn asianet.co.in nexlinx.net.pk tus.net.id zephyr.com.pk

36.88.169.10 43.249.192.102 58.22.218.108 64.227.152.193 91.135.200.114 103.85.87.202 103.107.189.182 103.186.100.100 103.233.65.226 111.47.22.111 116.58.10.59 116.162.55.229 123.59.7.46 124.163.218.57 159.89.31.59 172.93.220.105 185.74.7.91 202.142.167.174 203.161.24.140 210.64.173.5

Basic Information

IP Address

172.81.125.179

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Hong Kong

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-08-21

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-08-31

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

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

Successful SMB Login

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC09 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

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

Service Start Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 103.233.65.226:17244, 111.47.22.111:10521 and 159.89.31.59:16801

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: asianet.co.in

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to user inactivity