Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 197.44.12.194Malicious

IP Address: 197.44.12.194Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Connect-Back, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

Service Start MSRPC Successful MSRPC Login Service Creation Successful SMB Login Download and Execute SMB Service Deletion Outgoing Connection CMD

Associated Attack Servers

airtel.in bcnb.ac.th tedata.net

14.169.172.188 45.76.217.180 46.216.28.44 61.19.22.222 64.227.45.107 80.85.84.75 91.135.200.114 103.107.188.9 103.140.181.8 103.189.217.27 113.161.79.110 115.77.105.142 122.185.161.11 125.209.79.139 149.28.150.80 156.224.63.38 159.89.31.59 165.22.101.121 165.227.32.93 168.121.254.101 170.150.155.123 171.249.164.102 183.220.146.137 189.161.81.93 190.202.66.98 201.249.147.20 202.61.125.93 218.75.71.98 221.222.184.49

Basic Information

IP Address

197.44.12.194

Domain

-

ISP

TE Data

Country

Egypt

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-04-05

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-05-13

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 AC04 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

A user logged in using MSRPC from DC-AGT with the following username: administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 2 times

Successful MSRPC Login

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 149.28.150.80:17734, 197.44.12.194:18378 and 45.76.217.180:17128

Outgoing Connection

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC06 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI7.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI8.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\installer\msi8.tmp

Download and Execute

Connection was closed due to user inactivity