Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 198.98.52.69Previously Malicious

IP Address: 198.98.52.69Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SSH

Tags

2 Shell Commands SSH Brute Force Download Operation Outgoing Connection Log Tampering Successful SSH Login SSH

Associated Attack Servers

198.98.56.65

Basic Information

IP Address

198.98.52.69

Domain

-

ISP

FranTech Solutions

Country

United States

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-09-02

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2021-10-04

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 SSH with the following credentials: root / ********* - Authentication policy: White List (Part of a Brute Force Attempt)

SSH Brute Force Successful SSH Login

A possibly malicious Download Operation was detected 2 times

Download Operation

Process /bin/bash generated outgoing network traffic to: 198.98.56.65:80

Outgoing Connection

Log File Tampering detected from /bin/rm on the following logs: /var/log/wtmp

Log Tampering

History File Tampering detected from /bin/rm on the following logs: /root/.bash_history

Log Tampering

Connection was closed due to timeout