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176.98.234.221 has a very high threat confidence level of 81%, originating from Astana, Kazakhstan, on the JSC Transtelecom network (41798). It has been observed across 28 sessions targeting SMB, with detected attack patterns including smb remote service stager via mshta, First observed on February 14, 2026, most recently active February 20, 2026.
Composite behavior indicating remote lateral movement over SMB followed by service-based execution of a staged payload delivered through mshta invoking msiexec from remote infrastructure. The sequence combines IPC$ share access, SAMR and SVCCTL RPC binding, service control pipe interaction, and remote command execution consistent with administrative service creation or modification to execute a downloaded installer. This pattern is strongly associated with hands-on-keyboard intrusion activity and automated lateral propagation frameworks leveraging Windows service execution for payload deployment.