156.38.228.18

Recent Activity This IP has received recent abuse reports, which causes the score to increase.
Abuse Confidence Score
100% Critical
41 reports
30 reporters · latest 5 hours ago
ISP
xneelo-tscolo
Usage Type
Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit
ASN
AS37153
Hostname(s)
18.228.38.156.reverse.xneelo.net
Domain Name
xneelo.com
Country
🇿🇦 South Africa
City
Johannesburg, Gauteng
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Abuse Reports

Total reports
41 from 30 distinct reporters
First reported
Most recent report
Last 60 days
Top reporter locations 🇺🇸 United States of America 15 🇩🇪 Germany 4 🇫🇷 France 4
Most common categories Port Scan 32 Hacking 12 Brute-Force 8 Exploited Host 3 SSH 1
Recent reports We have received reports of abusive activity from this IP address within the last week. It is potentially still actively engaged in abusive activities.
Reporter IoA Timestamp (UTC) Comment Categories
🇨🇦 design2web.ca
[UniFi FW] SMB exploitation attempt on port 445 (SMB) | Policy: Region Blocking | Proto: TCP | Src: 156.38.228.18:58520 | SrcRegion: ZA | Svc: MICROSOFT_DS | Detected: 2026-11-11 06:40:06 UTC | ISP: Xneelo (Pty) Ltd | D2W UniFi AbuseIPDB Reporter v2
Port Scan
🇺🇸 HamSammich
Automated sensor: 2 MSSQL connection/probe attempts over the last 24h (latest 2026-11-11T06:19Z).
Port Scan Hacking
🇺🇸 RAP
2026-11-11 05:31:48 UTC Unauthorized activity to TCP port 445. SMB
Port Scan
🇫🇷 Kejult
Honeypot Finding: SMB activity on TCP/445; 2 Dionaea events.
Port Scan
🇺🇸 RAP
2026-11-10 21:37:41 UTC Unauthorized activity to TCP port 445. SMB
Port Scan
Anonymous
1433/tcp (1 or more attempts)
Port Scan
🇹🇷 Detmach
Security attack detected. Multiple failed attempts from 156.38.228.18. IP banned for 1440 minutes at 10.11.2026 16:41:12. Failed attempts: 3
Brute-Force
🇺🇸 MPL
tcp/1433 (3 or more attempts)
Port Scan
🇨🇿 Petr Dub
Brute-force attack on MS SQL server, port 1433.
Brute-Force
🇳🇵 radheykrishna.com.np
Nov 9 15:49:35 kernel: [3123902.032727] [UFW BLOCK] IN=ens160 OUT= SRC=156.38.228.18 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=240 ID=63300 PROTO=TCP SPT=48283 DPT=1433 WINDOW=1024 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 ...
Port Scan
🇸🇪 venix
Unauthorized connection attempt detected from IP address 156.38.228.18 to port 445 (compute01.malmo)
Brute-Force Exploited Host
Anonymous
Blocked by UFW [1433/tcp] | SPT: 58350 | TTL: 238 | LEN: 40 | TOS: 0x00 • Reported by: github.com/sefinek/UFW-AbuseIPDB-Reporter
Port Scan
🇫🇷 zulzeen
[incypit-web] Blocked by SysWarden Firewall [BLOCK] (Database/Cache Attack)
Hacking Brute-Force
🇵🇱 sefinek.net
Honeypot hit: MSSQL traffic (on 1433) with username sa and empty password Reported by: https://github.com/sefinek/T-Pot-To-AbuseIPDB
Brute-Force
🇩🇪 guldkage
Unauthorized connection attempt detected from IP address 156.38.228.18 to port 445 (ger-01) [SMB]
Exploited Host

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