Report for IP: 172.232.189.145

Threat LevelCRITICAL72/1002 rule types across 2 attack categories
8 incidents on record · 2 rule types · persistent 20-day campaign · last seen 1d ago
PTR 172-232-189-145.ip.linodeusercontent.com
Org / ASN Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Country 🇺🇸 United States
City Tukwila, Washington
Timezone America/Los_Angeles

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: Database Port Scan
Suricata detected this IP scanning database ports (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB). This is reconnaissance to find exposed database services for direct exploitation or credential brute-force. Database ports should never be reachable from the internet.

Reports (8)

Date Severity Description
29 Sep 2026 - 00:47 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
27 Sep 2026 - 00:53 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
23 Sep 2026 - 00:24 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
22 Sep 2026 - 01:00 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
20 Sep 2026 - 00:53 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
9 Sep 2026 - 04:54 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server
9 Sep 2026 - 04:54 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
8 Sep 2026 - 13:58 high IDS: Database port scan