Report for IP: 71.6.233.142

Threat LevelHIGH60/1002 rule types across 2 attack categories
2 incidents on record · 2 rule types · active attack detected · last seen 32d ago · known internet scanner
PTR N/A
Org / ASN Rapid7 Labs - Traffic originating from this network is expected and part of Project Sonar opendata.rapid7.com/about
Country 🇺🇸 United States
City Boston, Massachusetts
Timezone America/New_York
Internet ScannerRapid7
Rapid7 / Project Sonar — security company running internet-wide surveys to track vulnerabilities at scale. Sonar collects data on exposed services and certificates. All unsolicited scanning probes are treated as hostile traffic on this network regardless of stated purpose.

Attack Analysis

Suricata IDS Alert
Suricata intrusion detection flagged this IP for malicious network behaviour — including port scanning, exploit attempts, botnet activity, or known attack signatures. The specific signature is shown in the report list below.
Port 22 Honeypot Probe
This IP connected to a fake SSH honeypot — a port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server. This is an automated scanner fingerprinting targets before launching a brute-force campaign. Legitimate systems never probe port 22 without a specific reason; this activity is virtually 100% malicious.

Reports (2)

Date Severity Description
28 Aug 2026 - 23:31 medium IDS: Suricata alert — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
28 Aug 2026 - 23:31 high IDS: Suricata alert