Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 197.248.174.65Malicious

IP Address: 197.248.174.65Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

File Operation By CMD Download and Execute Service Configuration Service Stop Service Creation MSRPC Service Start Service Deletion System Shutdown SMB CMD Successful SMB Login

Associated Attack Servers

113.240.233.41 165.22.101.121 202.61.125.93

Basic Information

IP Address

197.248.174.65

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Kenya

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-12-04

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-06-07

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

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

Service Creation Service Start

A user logged in using SMB with the following username: administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 2 times

Successful SMB Login

Service msiserver was started

Service Start

The file C:\Windows\Installer\MSI32DA.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\Windows\Installer\MSI3424.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC04 under service group None

Service Creation Service Start

c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted shutdown of type Shut down the system and then restarted it, as well as any applications that have been registered for restart, Shut down the system and then restarted the system with reason: Unspecified

System Shutdown

c:\windows\system32\wininit.exe attempted shutdown of type Shut down the system and then restarted the system, Shut down the system to a point at which it is safe to turn off the power with reason: Unspecified

System Shutdown

Service UALSVC was stopped

Service Stop

Service PlugPlay was stopped

Service Stop

Service TrkWks was stopped

Service Stop

Service UmRdpService was stopped

Service Stop

Service CertPropSvc was stopped

Service Stop

Service DPS was stopped

Service Stop

Service SQLBrowser was stopped

Service Stop

Service Winmgmt was stopped

Service Stop

Service WinRM was stopped

Service Stop

Service FontCache was stopped

Service Stop

Service TermService was stopped

Service Stop

Service Dhcp was stopped

Service Stop

Service Schedule was stopped

Service Stop

Service IKEEXT was stopped

Service Stop

Service CryptSvc was stopped

Service Stop

Service EventLog was stopped

Service Stop

Service Wcmsvc was stopped

Service Stop

Service msiserver was stopped

Service Stop

Service MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS was stopped

Service Stop

Connection was closed due to user inactivity

Associated Files

C:\Windows\Installer\MSI1E5A.tmp

SHA256: 6094c813ca4bd0c647b950ba286bd338ef3623fa953b3bcf1a359b88f7296e55

144896 bytes