Cyber Threat Intelligence

Discover malicious IPs and domains with Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

IP Address: 78.45.182.60Previously Malicious

IP Address: 78.45.182.60Previously Malicious

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

Threat Information

Role

Attacker, Scanner

Services Targeted

SMB

Tags

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

Associated Attack Servers

hwclouds-dns.com

103.228.113.150 123.60.181.180 124.222.74.212

Basic Information

IP Address

78.45.182.60

Domain

-

ISP

-

Country

Czechia

WHOIS

Created Date

-

Updated Date

-

Organization

-

First seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-11

Last seen in Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

2023-02-11

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 AC05 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Service MSIServer was started

Service Start

c:\windows\system32\services.exe installed and started mshta.exe as a service named AC00 under service group None

Service Start Service Creation

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe generated outgoing network traffic to: 103.228.113.150:14249, 123.60.181.180:17115 and 124.222.74.212:16803

Outgoing Connection

Process c:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe attempted to access suspicious domains: hwclouds-dns.com

Access Suspicious Domain Outgoing Connection

Connection was closed due to user inactivity