Report for IP: 20.168.120.173

Threat LevelCRITICAL72/1003 rule types across 3 attack categories
42 incidents · 3 rule types · active attacker + blocklisted · persistent 64-day campaign · last seen 29d ago
PTR N/A
Org / ASN Microsoft Azure Cloud (westus3)
Country 🇺🇸 United States
City Phoenix, Arizona
Timezone America/Phoenix

Attack Analysis

IDS: Threat Intel — CINS Active Threat
This IP appears in the CINS (Collective Intelligence Network Security) Active Threat Intelligence feed — a real-time blocklist of IPs with poor reputation scores derived from observed malicious activity. CINS-listed IPs are actively engaged in attacks at the time of detection.
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.
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 (42)

Date Severity Description
1 Sep 2026 - 04:05 medium IDS: Suricata alert — SURICATA SSH invalid banner
1 Sep 2026 - 03:54 medium IDS: Suricata alert — SURICATA SSH invalid banner
1 Sep 2026 - 03:54 medium IDS: Suricata alert — SURICATA SSH invalid banner
1 Sep 2026 - 03:50 medium IDS: Suricata alert — SURICATA SSH invalid banner
1 Sep 2026 - 03:46 medium IDS: Suricata alert — SURICATA SSH invalid banner
1 Sep 2026 - 03:39 medium IDS: Suricata alert — SURICATA SSH invalid banner
1 Sep 2026 - 03:39 medium IDS: Suricata alert — SURICATA SSH invalid banner
28 Aug 2026 - 22:17 high IDS: Suricata alert
28 Aug 2026 - 22:17 medium IDS: Suricata alert — ET INFO SSH-2.0-Go version string Observed in Network Traffic
23 Aug 2026 - 09:08 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 23
16 Aug 2026 - 09:54 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 23
14 Aug 2026 - 05:17 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 23
14 Aug 2026 - 05:17 high IDS: Database port scan — ET SCAN Suspicious inbound to MSSQL port 1433
5 Aug 2026 - 09:21 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 23
30 Jul 2026 - 09:10 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 23
27 Jul 2026 - 07:18 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 23
26 Jul 2026 - 04:17 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 23
18 Jul 2026 - 21:35 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 23
15 Jul 2026 - 11:58 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 23
10 Jul 2026 - 17:42 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 23