66.132.172.98

Threat LevelMEDIUM32/1001 rule type
5 incidents on record · active over 6 days · last seen 1d ago
PTR 98.172.132.66.censys-scanner.com
Org / ASN Censys Inc
Country 🇺🇸 United States
City Ann Arbor, Michigan
Timezone America/Detroit

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 (5)

Date Severity Description
31 May 2026 - 14:29 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
31 May 2026 - 01:40 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
27 May 2026 - 17:39 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
27 May 2026 - 13:29 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe
25 May 2026 - 17:46 medium Rule 100570: Network: Port 22 honeypot probe