185.242.226.166

Threat LevelHIGH45/1001 rule type
24 recorded incidents · active over 10 days · seen 7m ago
PTR security.criminalip.com
Country GB

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 (24)

Date Severity Description
1 Jun 2026 - 23:03 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
1 Jun 2026 - 15:16 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
1 Jun 2026 - 06:28 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
31 May 2026 - 22:45 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
31 May 2026 - 15:07 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
31 May 2026 - 07:27 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
30 May 2026 - 23:48 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
30 May 2026 - 16:08 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
28 May 2026 - 16:43 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
28 May 2026 - 09:05 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
28 May 2026 - 01:29 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
27 May 2026 - 17:50 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
27 May 2026 - 01:12 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
26 May 2026 - 17:30 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
26 May 2026 - 09:51 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
26 May 2026 - 02:11 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
25 May 2026 - 18:32 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
25 May 2026 - 03:12 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
24 May 2026 - 19:29 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
24 May 2026 - 11:49 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe