This IP address has been reported a total of
59
times from
54 distinct
sources.
159.223.166.251 was first reported on
, and the most recent report was
.
In the last 60 days, the top reporter locations were:
United States of America
with 11
reports;
Germany
with 10
reports;
France
with 4
reports.
The most common categories in these recent reports were:
SSH
51
times;
Brute-Force
49
times;
Port Scan
8
times;
Hacking
5
times;
Web App Attack
2
times;
Other
1
time.
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.
2026-10-28T02:39:17.708778+03:00 gogo-server sshd-session[1409135]: Failed password for root from 15 ...
show more2026-10-28T02:39:17.708778+03:00 gogo-server sshd-session[1409135]: Failed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 40434 ssh2
2026-10-28T02:39:19.081123+03:00 gogo-server sshd-session[1409164]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=159.223.166.251 user=root
2026-10-28T02:39:21.188220+03:00 gogo-server sshd-session[1409164]: Failed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 46118 ssh2
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Single SSH session used root/ubuntu from SSH-2.0-Go. Uploaded executable "./.8730756532025655777/ssh ...
show moreSingle SSH session used root/ubuntu from SSH-2.0-Go. Uploaded executable "./.8730756532025655777/sshd" and immediately ran "chmod +x ./.8730756532025655777/sshd;nohup ./.8730756532025655777/sshd 222.170.175.95 221.194.148.34 180.163.67.45 49.72.111.25 90.156.160.234 101.79.167.183 3.88.41.242 41.111.172.25 111.170.34.182 1". This shows credential guessing followed by payload execution via nohup for persistence/background execution. No other commands, downloads, port forwards, or lateral movement were observed. Uploaded file: "./.8730756532025655777/sshd" (size not provided, SHA-256 not provided).
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2026-10-27T20:30:12.365227+00:00 host.nigelbeta.com sshd[2430887]: Failed password for root from 159 ...
show more2026-10-27T20:30:12.365227+00:00 host.nigelbeta.com sshd[2430887]: Failed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 36684 ssh2
2026-10-27T20:30:14.548326+00:00 host.nigelbeta.com sshd[2430889]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=159.223.166.251 user=root
2026-10-27T20:30:16.294829+00:00 host.nigelbeta.com sshd[2430889]: Failed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 36696 ssh2
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2026-10-27T18:19:10.911843+00:00 voltius sshd-session[2824937]: Failed password for root from 159.22 ...
show more2026-10-27T18:19:10.911843+00:00 voltius sshd-session[2824937]: Failed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 36666 ssh2
2026-10-27T18:19:13.046467+00:00 voltius sshd-session[2824998]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=159.223.166.251 user=root
2026-10-27T18:19:14.875844+00:00 voltius sshd-session[2824998]: Failed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 36670 ssh2
2026-10-27T18:19:17.275374+00:00 voltius sshd-session[2825060]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=159.223.166.251 user=root
2026-10-27T18:19:19.322937+00:00 voltius sshd-session[2825060]: Failed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 36678 ssh2
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Brute-Force
SSH
Anonymous
2026-10-27T17:56:34.560543 web.evocoach.se sshd-session[59244]: Failed password for root from 159.22 ...
show more2026-10-27T17:56:34.560543 web.evocoach.se sshd-session[59244]: Failed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 46430 ssh2
2026-10-27T17:56:36.424648 web.evocoach.se sshd-session[59249]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=159.223.166.251 user=root
2026-10-27T17:56:38.484615 web.evocoach.se sshd-session[59249]: Failed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 46438 ssh2
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Brute-Force
SSH
Anonymous
SSH brute force attempt. User: root, Pass: [REDACTED]
Failed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 51074 ssh2
Connection closed by authenticating us ...
show moreFailed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 51074 ssh2
Connection closed by authenticating user root 159.223.166.251 port 51074 [preauth]
Failed password for root from 159.223.166.251 port 51076 ssh2
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