Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 196.189.54.41Previously Malicious

IP Address: 196.189.54.41Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

kpn.net

77.60.97.107 211.154.130.61 218.60.7.218

Basic Information

IP Address

196.189.54.41

Domain

-

ISP

Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation

Country

Ethiopia

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2020-10-24

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-12-25

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 AC03 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 211.154.130.61:17479, 218.60.7.218:16984 and 77.60.97.107:10170

Outgoing Connection

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 attempted to access suspicious domains: kpn.net

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to user inactivity

Associated Files

/var/tmp/dota3.tar.gz

SHA256: 5f8d1def0982bde31d69b2bce5ecb483f108098de6f5fd73d8e3ff6784ce2f5b

2088960 bytes