Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 197.45.138.173Previously Malicious

IP Address: 197.45.138.173Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

128.199.29.61 219.93.109.251 221.230.58.145

Basic Information

IP Address

197.45.138.173

Domain

-

ISP

TE Data

Country

Egypt

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2022-11-01

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-01-23

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

Successful SMB Login

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC04 under service group None 2 times

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 128.199.29.61:17367, 219.93.109.251:18038 and 221.230.58.145:13755

Outgoing Connection

A user logged in using MSRPC from NC-SHR009 with the following username: administrator - Authentication policy: Previously Approved User 2 times

Successful MSRPC Login

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI3.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\WINDOWS\Installer\MSI6.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\installer\msi6.tmp

Download and Execute

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: tm.net.my

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

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

Successful SMB Login

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

Download and Execute

Connection was closed due to user inactivity

Associated Files

C:\AclXmBKr.exe

SHA256: 3c2fe308c0a563e06263bbacf793bbe9b2259d795fcc36b953793a7e499e7f71

56320 bytes