Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 18.224.251.4Previously Malicious

IP Address: 18.224.251.4Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

Package Install SSH Download and Execute Kill Process Service Configuration Service Start System File Modification 95 Shell Commands Superuser Operation Executable File Modification Scheduled Task Configuration Package Manager Configuration SSH Brute Force Service Stop Read Password Secrets Successful SSH Login SFTP Outgoing Connection Bulk Files Tampering Download and Allow Execution DNS Query

Associated Attack Servers

91.189.91.38 91.189.91.39

Basic Information

IP Address

18.224.251.4

Domain

-

ISP

Amazon.com

Country

United States

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-08-24

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-08-26

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 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 Package Install was detected 2 times

Kill Process Package Install Superuser Operation

A possibly malicious Superuser Operation was detected 2 times

Kill Process Package Install Superuser Operation

A possibly malicious Package Install was detected 14 times

Kill Process Package Install Superuser Operation

Process /usr/bin/apt-get attempted to access domains: _http._tcp.security.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com

DNS Query

Process /usr/bin/apt-get attempted to access domains: _http._tcp.archive.ubuntu.com and archive.ubuntu.com

DNS Query

Process /usr/bin/apt-get generated outgoing network traffic to: 91.189.91.38:80 2 times

Outgoing Connection

Process /usr/lib/apt/methods/http attempted to access domains: _http._tcp.archive.ubuntu.com and archive.ubuntu.com

DNS Query

Process /usr/lib/apt/methods/http generated outgoing network traffic to: 91.189.91.39:80

Outgoing Connection

System file /etc/ld.so.cache~ was modified 144 times

System File Modification

Service apt-daily-upgrade.timer was stopped

Service Stop

The file /usr/share/bug/apt/script was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

Executable file /usr/bin/apt.dpkg-new was modified 16 times

Executable File Modification

The file /usr/bin/apt.dpkg-new was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Executable file /usr/bin/apt-get was modified 16 times

Executable File Modification

The file /usr/bin/apt-config was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /usr/bin/apt-key was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /usr/bin/apt-mark was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /usr/bin/apt-cache was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Executable file /usr/bin/apt-cdrom was modified 16 times

Executable File Modification

The file /usr/bin/apt-cdrom was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/setup.dpkg-new was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/update was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/install was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /usr/lib/apt/methods/gpgv was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /usr/lib/apt/methods/copy.dpkg-new was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /usr/lib/apt/methods/rred was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /usr/lib/apt/methods/mirror was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /usr/lib/apt/methods/cdrom was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /usr/lib/apt/methods/file was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /usr/lib/apt/methods/store was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /usr/lib/apt/methods/rsh.dpkg-new was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /usr/lib/apt/methods/ftp was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /usr/lib/apt/methods/http.dpkg-new was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /usr/lib/apt/apt.systemd.daily was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper was downloaded and granted execution privileges

System file /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal.dpkg-new was modified 16 times

System File Modification

The file /etc/kernel/postinst.d/apt-auto-removal.dpkg-new was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

System file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01-vendor-ubuntu.dpkg-new was modified 16 times

System File Modification

System file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove.dpkg-new was modified 16 times

System File Modification

The file /etc/apt/auth.conf.d.dpkg-new was downloaded and granted execution privileges

System file /etc/cron.daily/apt-compat.dpkg-new was modified 16 times

System File Modification

The file /etc/cron.daily/apt-compat.dpkg-new was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

System file /lib/systemd/system/apt-daily.timer was modified 25 times

System File Modification

System file /lib/systemd/system/apt-daily-upgrade.service.dpkg-new was modified 16 times

System File Modification

The file /usr/bin/apt-get was downloaded and executed 24 times

Download and Execute

Executable file /usr/bin/apt was modified

Executable File Modification

Executable file /usr/bin/apt-get was modified

Executable File Modification

Executable file /usr/bin/apt-config was modified

Executable File Modification

Executable file /usr/bin/apt-key was modified

Executable File Modification

Executable file /usr/bin/apt-mark was modified

Executable File Modification

Executable file /usr/bin/apt-cache was modified

Executable File Modification

Executable file /usr/bin/apt-cdrom was modified

Executable File Modification

System file /lib/systemd/system/apt-daily.service was modified

System File Modification

System file /lib/systemd/system/apt-daily-upgrade.service was modified

System File Modification

System file /lib/systemd/system/apt-daily-upgrade.timer was modified

System File Modification

/etc/cron.daily/apt-compat.dpkg-new scheduled task was modified

Service apt-daily-upgrade.timer was started

Service Start

Service apt-daily.timer was started

Service Start

Executable file /usr/bin/apt-extracttemplates was modified 25 times

Executable File Modification

The file /usr/bin/apt-extracttemplates was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /usr/bin/apt-sortpkgs was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /usr/bin/apt-ftparchive.dpkg-new was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Download and Allow Execution

The file /usr/lib/apt/solvers/apt was downloaded and granted execution privileges

The file /usr/lib/apt/solvers/dump.dpkg-new was downloaded and granted execution privileges

Executable file /usr/bin/apt-sortpkgs was modified

Executable File Modification

Executable file /usr/bin/apt-ftparchive was modified

Executable File Modification

A possibly malicious Kill Process was detected 8 times

Kill Process Package Install Superuser Operation

A possibly malicious Package Install was detected 2 times

Kill Process Package Install Superuser Operation

Service crond was started

Service Start

A possibly malicious Superuser Operation was detected 2 times

Kill Process Package Install Superuser Operation

Connection was closed due to timeout

Process /usr/bin/dpkg performed bulk changes in {/usr/share/locale} on 52 files

Bulk Files Tampering

Process /usr/bin/dpkg performed bulk changes in {/usr/share/locale} and {/usr/share/man} on 154 files

Bulk Files Tampering