Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 78.189.234.116Malicious

IP Address: 78.189.234.116Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

159.89.31.59 170.64.177.69 222.237.76.58

Basic Information

IP Address

78.189.234.116

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Turkey

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-09-03

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2024-04-02

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

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

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

Service msiserver was started

Service Start

c:\windows\apppatch\acpsens.dll was deleted by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\system32\sens.dll was deleted by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\system32\sens.dll was renamed to c:\windows\apppatch\acpsens.dll by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\setupact64.log was renamed to c:\windows\system32\sens.dll by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

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 2 times

System Shutdown

c:\windows\system32\winlogon.exe attempted shutdown of type Shut down all processes running in the logon session of the process 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

The file C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA7D7.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

The file C:\Windows\Installer\MSIA884.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

c:\windows\apppatch\acpsens.dll was deleted by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\system32\sens.dll was deleted by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\system32\sens.dll was renamed to c:\windows\apppatch\acpsens.dll by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

c:\windows\setupact64.log was renamed to c:\windows\system32\sens.dll by c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe ( pending reboot )

Post Reboot Rename

The file C:\Windows\Installer\MSIC430.tmp was downloaded and loaded by c:\windows\syswow64\msiexec.exe

Download and Execute

Service PlugPlay was stopped

Service Stop

Service UmRdpService was stopped

Service Stop

Service TrkWks was stopped

Service Stop

Service SQLBrowser was stopped

Service Stop

Service SQLWriter was stopped

Service Stop

Service Winmgmt was stopped

Service Stop

Service CertPropSvc was stopped

Service Stop

Service FontCache was stopped

Service Stop

Service WinRM was stopped

Service Stop

Connection was closed due to user inactivity

Associated Files

C:\Windows\Installer\MSI1E5A.tmp

SHA256: 6094c813ca4bd0c647b950ba286bd338ef3623fa953b3bcf1a359b88f7296e55

144896 bytes