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Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 179.57.158.63Previously Malicious

IP Address: 179.57.158.63Previously 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 System Shutdown Service Creation Post Reboot Rename Successful SMB Login Service Configuration Download and Execute File Operation By CMD SMB Service Deletion CMD

Associated Attack Servers

59.92.68.101 60.22.72.185 222.138.67.26

Basic Information

IP Address

179.57.158.63

Domain

-

ISP

Telefonica del Sur S.A.

Country

Chile

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-05-19

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-06-26

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 AC01 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

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC07 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

c:\windows\apppatch\acpsens.dll was deleted by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\system32\sens.dll was deleted by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\system32\sens.dll was renamed to c:\windows\apppatch\acpsens.dll by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\setupact64.log was renamed to c:\windows\system32\sens.dll by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

The file C:\Windows\Installer\MSID405.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\Windows\Installer\MSID6B6.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\Windows\Installer\MSID754.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted shutdown of type Shut down the system and then restarted it, as well as any applications that have been registered for restart, Shut down the system and then restarted the system with reason: Unspecified

System Shutdown

c:\windows\system32\winlogon.exe attempted shutdown of type Shut down all processes running in the logon session of the process with reason: Unspecified

System Shutdown

c:\windows\apppatch\acpsens.dll was deleted by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\system32\sens.dll was deleted by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\system32\sens.dll was renamed to c:\windows\apppatch\acpsens.dll by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\setupact64.log was renamed to c:\windows\system32\sens.dll by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

The file C:\Windows\Installer\MSI5DFF.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\Windows\Installer\MSI5F1C.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\installer\msi5f1c.tmp

Download and Execute

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