Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 45.228.137.218Malicious

IP Address: 45.228.137.218Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

178.128.103.246 183.167.230.197 222.174.241.25

Basic Information

IP Address

45.228.137.218

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Paraguay

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-01-18

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-01-18

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 AC02 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

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

Successful SMB Login

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 178.128.103.246:17880, 183.167.230.197:18743 and 222.174.241.25:17475

Outgoing Connection

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC01 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation