Report for IP: 194.163.178.120

Threat LevelCRITICAL72/1002 rule types
3 incidents on record · 2 rule types · active attack detected · last seen 27d ago
PTR vmi2958101.contaboserver.net
Org / ASN Contabo GmbH
Country 🇫🇷 France
City Lauterbourg, Grand Est
Timezone Europe/Paris

Attack Analysis

🇫🇷 France · Lauterbourg · 51167 · Contabo GmbH
Webshell Upload Scan
This IP rapidly probed multiple non-existent PHP paths in under 60 seconds — a hallmark of automated webshell scanning tools hunting for previously uploaded backdoors or vulnerable file-upload endpoints. If successful, a webshell grants the attacker full remote code execution on the server.
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.

Reports (3)

Date Severity Description
5 Jul 2026 - 00:36 medium IDS: Suricata alert — ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS PHP-CGI OS Command Injection (soft hyphen) (CVE-2024-4577)
3 Jul 2026 - 20:23 medium IDS: Suricata alert — ET WEB_SERVER /bin/sh In URI Possible Shell Command Execution Attempt
3 Jul 2026 - 20:23 high Web: Webshell scan — 3+ unknown PHP probes in 60s