Report for IP: 72.18.81.12

Threat LevelCRITICAL72/1002 rule types across 2 attack categories
13 incidents · 2 rule types · confirmed on global blocklist · persistent 11-day campaign · last seen 3d ago
PTR N/A
Org / ASN CloudCone, LLC
Country 🇺🇸 United States
City Los Angeles, California
Timezone America/Los_Angeles

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.
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.

Reports (13)

Date Severity Description
27 Sep 2026 - 06:36 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 135
26 Sep 2026 - 17:11 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 135
26 Sep 2026 - 17:11 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
26 Sep 2026 - 14:32 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 135
26 Sep 2026 - 12:03 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 135
25 Sep 2026 - 21:48 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 137
25 Sep 2026 - 21:48 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
25 Sep 2026 - 20:06 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP — ET CINS Active Threat Intelligence Poor Reputation IP group 137
23 Sep 2026 - 22:59 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
19 Sep 2026 - 23:27 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
17 Sep 2026 - 17:02 high IDS: Threat Intel — CINS poor reputation IP
17 Sep 2026 - 07:47 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
16 Sep 2026 - 02:43 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22