Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 196.188.51.244Malicious

IP Address: 196.188.51.244Malicious

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

Associated Attack Servers

colocrossing.com hlcorp.com

23.94.61.165 119.249.54.38 125.227.13.176

Basic Information

IP Address

196.188.51.244

Domain

-

ISP

Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation

Country

Ethiopia

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-01-02

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-01-19

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 AC07 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 AC00 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 119.249.54.38:10861, 125.227.13.176:16674 and 23.94.61.165:15650

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: hlcorp.com

Outgoing Connection Access Suspicious Domain

Connection was closed due to user inactivity