Report for IP: 66.228.40.98

Threat LevelHIGH57/1002 rule types across 2 attack categories
3 incidents on record · 2 rule types · confirmed on global blocklist · persistent 70-day campaign · last seen 4d ago · known internet scanner
PTR lagos.scan.bufferover.run
Org / ASN Linode
Country 🇺🇸 United States
City Cedar Knolls, New Jersey
Timezone America/New_York
Internet Scannerlagos.scan.bufferover.run
The reverse DNS of this IP explicitly identifies it as a scanner. This host conducts systematic internet-wide probes. Unsolicited scanning is treated as hostile traffic on this network.

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.

Reports (3)

Date Severity Description
26 Sep 2026 - 09:48 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 129
25 Sep 2026 - 13:17 high IDS: Database port scan — ET SCAN Suspicious inbound to PostgreSQL port 5432
18 Jul 2026 - 11:38 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP