Report for IP: 96.255.40.109

Threat LevelCRITICAL72/1001 rule type
1 incident on record Β· last seen 22d ago
PTR pool-96-255-40-109.washdc.fios.verizon.net
Org / ASN Verizon Business
Country πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ United States
City Vienna, Virginia
Timezone America/New_York

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 - 16:07 high IDS: Honeypot probe β€” port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server