Report for IP: 45.142.193.4

Threat LevelCRITICAL80/1004 rule types across 4 attack categories
48 incidents · 4 rule types · active attacker + blocklisted · persistent 22-day campaign · last seen 45d ago · bulletproof hosting
PTR N/A
Org / ASN Limited Network LTD
Country 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
City Manchester, England
Timezone Europe/London
Bulletproof HostingLimited Network LTD (AS213790)
Limited Network LTD (AS213790) is a UK-registered but Romania-operated hosting entity whose address space is listed on Spamhaus DROP. The abuse contact routes to a Romanian address — a pattern consistent with Eastern European bulletproof hosting using UK shell companies as legitimacy facades. Flagged by multiple honeypot networks for reconnaissance and intrusion attempts.

Attack Analysis

IDS: Blocklist — Spamhaus DROP
This IP is on the Spamhaus DROP list — a dataset of netblocks hijacked or leased by professional spam and cybercrime operations with no legitimate users. Traffic from DROP-listed ranges is considered hostile by design. Blocking is unconditional.
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.
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.
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 (48)

Date Severity Description
14 Aug 2026 - 21:41 high IDS: Blocklist — Spamhaus DROP listed IP — ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 7
14 Aug 2026 - 20:41 high IDS: Blocklist — Spamhaus DROP listed IP — ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 7
14 Aug 2026 - 19:41 high IDS: Blocklist — Spamhaus DROP listed IP — ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 7
14 Aug 2026 - 18:49 high IDS: Suricata alert
14 Aug 2026 - 18:41 high IDS: Blocklist — Spamhaus DROP listed IP — ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 7
5 Aug 2026 - 19:40 high IDS: Blocklist — Spamhaus DROP listed IP — ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 7
5 Aug 2026 - 19:25 high IDS: Blocklist — Spamhaus DROP listed IP
25 Jul 2026 - 13:17 high IDS: Blocklist — Spamhaus DROP listed IP — ET DROP Spamhaus DROP Listed Traffic Inbound group 7