Report for IP: 98.116.212.221

Threat LevelCRITICAL72/1001 rule type
3 incidents on record · active over 5 days · last seen 14d ago
PTR pool-98-116-212-221.nycmny.fios.verizon.net
Org / ASN MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business
Country 🇺🇸 United States
City Brooklyn, New York
Timezone America/New_York

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 (3)

Date Severity Description
15 Sep 2026 - 14:41 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server
15 Sep 2026 - 14:41 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server — Honeypot: probe to closed SSH port 22
10 Sep 2026 - 23:27 high IDS: Honeypot probe — port 22 listener that is not a real SSH server