Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 188.164.164.112Malicious

IP Address: 188.164.164.112Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

justgroup.mn totalplay.net

61.178.43.239 187.188.159.8 202.131.231.93

Basic Information

IP Address

188.164.164.112

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Russian Federation

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-05-20

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-05-20

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 AC05 under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

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

Service Creation Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 187.188.159.8:17461, 202.131.231.93:18995 and 61.178.43.239:17651

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: justgroup.mn and totalplay.net

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to user inactivity