Report for IP: 16.5.0.178

Threat LevelCRITICAL72/1002 rule types across 2 attack categories
2 incidents on record · 2 rule types · confirmed on global blocklist · persistent 12-day campaign · seen 12h ago
PTR embnex.com
Org / ASN EMBNEX. LLC
Country 🇧🇷 Brazil
City São Paulo, São Paulo
Timezone America/Sao_Paulo

Attack Analysis

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.
IDS: Blocklist — Dshield
This IP was reported to the DShield community blocklist by multiple independent security sensors worldwide. DShield aggregates firewall logs from thousands of contributors; IPs on this list are confirmed active attackers observed across many networks.

Reports (2)

Date Severity Description
29 Sep 2026 - 13:21 high IDS: Blocklist — Dshield listed IP — ET DROP Dshield Block Listed Source group 1
17 Sep 2026 - 09:12 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server