Report for IP: 72.197.238.193

Threat LevelCRITICAL72/1001 rule type
1 incident on record Β· last seen 23d ago
PTR ip72-197-238-193.sd.sd.cox.net
Org / ASN Cox Communications
Country πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States
City El Cajon, California
Timezone America/Los_Angeles

Attack Analysis

Port 22 Honeypot Probe
This IP connected to a fake SSH honeypot β€” 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 (1)

Date Severity Description
7 Sep 2026 - 02:38 high IDS: Honeypot probe β€” port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server