Report for IP: 172.232.221.148

Threat LevelHIGH60/1002 rule types across 2 attack categories
6 incidents on record · 2 rule types · active attack detected · last seen 16d ago · known internet scanner
PTR 172.232.221.148.socradar-curiosity-wide-scan-project.socradar.com
Org / ASN Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Country 🇮🇹 Italy
City Milan, Lombardy
Timezone Europe/Rome
Internet Scanner172.232.221.148.socradar-curiosity-wide-scan-project.socradar.com
The reverse DNS of this IP explicitly identifies it as a scanner. This host conducts systematic internet-wide probes. Unsolicited scanning is treated as hostile traffic on this network.

Attack Analysis

🇮🇹 Italy · Milan · 63949 · Linode
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.
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 (6)

Date Severity Description
15 Jul 2026 - 18:53 high IDS: Database port scan — ET SCAN Suspicious inbound to MSSQL port 1433
15 Jul 2026 - 18:53 high IDS: Database port scan — ET SCAN Suspicious inbound to Oracle SQL port 1521
15 Jul 2026 - 18:53 high IDS: Database port scan — ET SCAN Suspicious inbound to mySQL port 3306
15 Jul 2026 - 18:52 high IDS: Database port scan — ET SCAN Suspicious inbound to PostgreSQL port 5432
15 Jul 2026 - 18:52 medium IDS: Suricata alert — GPL DNS named version attempt
15 Jul 2026 - 18:52 high IDS: Suricata alert — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22