Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 196.221.164.178Malicious

IP Address: 196.221.164.178Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

163data.com.cn tus.net.id

59.49.50.147 92.241.102.207 120.253.60.158 202.168.171.253 203.161.24.140 213.59.119.150

Basic Information

IP Address

196.221.164.178

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Egypt

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-07-04

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-06-27

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 Creation Service Start

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 203.161.24.140:13269, 213.59.119.150:14251 and 59.49.50.147:13941

Outgoing Connection

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

Service Creation Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: tus.net.id

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to timeout