176.120.22.242

Threat LevelHIGH42/1001 rule type
37 recorded incidents · active over 9 days · seen 7h ago
PTR NXDOMAIN
Country US

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.

Reports (37)

Date Severity Description
26 May 2026 - 22:28 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
26 May 2026 - 17:33 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
26 May 2026 - 12:38 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
26 May 2026 - 07:43 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
26 May 2026 - 02:48 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
25 May 2026 - 21:53 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
25 May 2026 - 16:57 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
25 May 2026 - 02:12 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
24 May 2026 - 21:17 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
24 May 2026 - 16:22 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
24 May 2026 - 11:27 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
24 May 2026 - 06:32 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
24 May 2026 - 01:36 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
23 May 2026 - 20:41 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
23 May 2026 - 15:46 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
23 May 2026 - 10:51 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
23 May 2026 - 05:56 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe