This IP address has been reported a total of
67
times from
59 distinct
sources.
178.238.237.140 was first reported on
, and the most recent report was
.
In the last 60 days, the top reporter locations were:
Germany
with 12
reports;
United States of America
with 6
reports;
Netherlands
with 5
reports.
The most common categories in these recent reports were:
SSH
41
times;
Brute-Force
38
times;
Port Scan
3
times;
Email Spam
1
time;
Phishing
1
time;
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.
Oct 19 16:27:16 game-05 sshd[2630959]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 e ...
show moreOct 19 16:27:16 game-05 sshd[2630959]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=178.238.237.140 user=root
Oct 19 16:27:18 game-05 sshd[2630959]: Failed password for root from 178.238.237.140 port 35164 ssh2
Oct 19 16:28:13 game-05 sshd[2631401]: Invalid user admin from 178.238.237.140 port 43906
Oct 19 16:28:13 game-05 sshd[2631401]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=178.238.237.140
Oct 19 16:28:15 game-05 sshd[2631401]: Failed password for invalid user admin from 178.238.237.140 port 43906 ssh2
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2026-10-19 12:26:23,938 ns1.elmec.com.mx proftpd[1248639] 0.0.0.0 (vmi3252403.contaboserver.net[178. ...
show more2026-10-19 12:26:23,938 ns1.elmec.com.mx proftpd[1248639] 0.0.0.0 (vmi3252403.contaboserver.net[178.238.237.140]): USER root (Login failed): Incorrect password
2026-10-19 12:27:34,974 ns1.elmec.com.mx proftpd[1249525] 0.0.0.0 (vmi3252403.contaboserver.net[178.238.237.140]): USER ark: no such user found from vmi3252403.contaboserver.net [178.238.237.140] to ::ffff:149.202.66.25:2222
2026-10-19 12:28:34,516 ns1.elmec.com.mx proftpd[1249749] 0.0.0.0 (vmi3252403.contaboserver.net[178.238.237.140]): USER root (Login failed): Incorrect password
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2026-10-19T11:27:14.168217-07:00 safe-flag-1.localdomain sshd[113093]: Invalid user ark from 178.238 ...
show more2026-10-19T11:27:14.168217-07:00 safe-flag-1.localdomain sshd[113093]: Invalid user ark from 178.238.237.140 port 42322
2026-10-19T11:27:14.175830-07:00 safe-flag-1.localdomain sshd[113093]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=178.238.237.140
2026-10-19T11:27:16.389680-07:00 safe-flag-1.localdomain sshd[113093]: Failed password for invalid user ark from 178.238.237.140 port 42322 ssh2
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2026-10-19T17:53:34.470092+00:00 bcq-pro sshd[1030101]: Invalid user ftpuser from 178.238.237.140 po ...
show more2026-10-19T17:53:34.470092+00:00 bcq-pro sshd[1030101]: Invalid user ftpuser from 178.238.237.140 port 38154
2026-10-19T17:59:32.154102+00:00 bcq-pro sshd[1030779]: Invalid user user1 from 178.238.237.140 port 44198
2026-10-19T18:02:20.259352+00:00 bcq-pro sshd[1031095]: Invalid user oleg from 178.238.237.140 port 52086
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2026-10-19T19:57:08.535042+02:00 cliff sshd-session[3312702]: Invalid user ftpuser from 178.238.237. ...
show more2026-10-19T19:57:08.535042+02:00 cliff sshd-session[3312702]: Invalid user ftpuser from 178.238.237.140 port 37528
2026-10-19T19:57:08.561273+02:00 cliff sshd-session[3312702]: Disconnected from invalid user ftpuser 178.238.237.140 port 37528 [preauth]
2026-10-19T19:59:01.299419+02:00 cliff sshd-session[3315602]: Disconnected from authenticating user root 178.238.237.140 port 55812 [preauth]
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2026-10-19T17:43:40.603916+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544411]: Invalid user root1 from 178.238.237 ...
show more2026-10-19T17:43:40.603916+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544411]: Invalid user root1 from 178.238.237.140 port 38110
2026-10-19T17:44:56.214458+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544422]: Invalid user kostas from 178.238.237.140 port 45734
2026-10-19T17:46:24.366119+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544446]: Invalid user mikrotik from 178.238.237.140 port 47692
2026-10-19T17:48:46.417825+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544461]: Invalid user adminuser from 178.238.237.140 port 44708
2026-10-19T17:49:45.893788+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544484]: Invalid user MC from 178.238.237.140 port 41444
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2026-10-19T17:22:56.094887+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544128]: Invalid user sysop from 178.238.237 ...
show more2026-10-19T17:22:56.094887+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544128]: Invalid user sysop from 178.238.237.140 port 56550
2026-10-19T17:28:58.037483+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544195]: Invalid user debian from 178.238.237.140 port 53510
2026-10-19T17:29:53.341662+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544205]: Invalid user sd from 178.238.237.140 port 33390
2026-10-19T17:31:04.294542+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544219]: Invalid user ying from 178.238.237.140 port 36274
2026-10-19T17:32:57.052623+00:00 instance sshd-session[3544257]: Invalid user test4 from 178.238.237.140 port 57256
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Detected multiple authentication failures and invalid user attempts from IP address 178.238.237.140 ...
show moreDetected multiple authentication failures and invalid user attempts from IP address 178.238.237.140 on [PT] Lis-3 Node.
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2026-10-19T18:52:53.299745+02:00 misaka-vm-s2n-2c4g-ams sshd-session[33432]: Invalid user caja2 from ...
show more2026-10-19T18:52:53.299745+02:00 misaka-vm-s2n-2c4g-ams sshd-session[33432]: Invalid user caja2 from 178.238.237.140 port 36246
2026-10-19T18:56:43.458324+02:00 misaka-vm-s2n-2c4g-ams sshd-session[33473]: Invalid user git from 178.238.237.140 port 52838
2026-10-19T18:58:26.235687+02:00 misaka-vm-s2n-2c4g-ams sshd-session[33505]: Invalid user pydio from 178.238.237.140 port 60634
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Oct 19 18:13:52 ubuntu-8gb-fsn1-1 sshd[2411781]: Invalid user ubuntu from 178.238.237.140 port 56490 ...
show moreOct 19 18:13:52 ubuntu-8gb-fsn1-1 sshd[2411781]: Invalid user ubuntu from 178.238.237.140 port 56490
Oct 19 18:20:59 ubuntu-8gb-fsn1-1 sshd[2412958]: Invalid user ahsan from 178.238.237.140 port 38494
Oct 19 18:22:56 ubuntu-8gb-fsn1-1 sshd[2413135]: Invalid user ll from 178.238.237.140 port 60760
Oct 19 18:23:52 ubuntu-8gb-fsn1-1 sshd[2413214]: Invalid user linode from 178.238.237.140 port 60994
Oct 19 18:24:41 ubuntu-8gb-fsn1-1 sshd[2413601]: Invalid user staging from 178.238.237.140 port 46608
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Brute-Force
SSH
Anonymous
Oct 19 16:20:17 logs auth.info sshd-session[16245]: Invalid user ubuntu from 178.238.237.140 port 48 ...
show moreOct 19 16:20:17 logs auth.info sshd-session[16245]: Invalid user ubuntu from 178.238.237.140 port 48540
Oct 19 16:20:17 logs auth.info sshd-session[16245]: Disconnected from invalid user ubuntu 178.238.237.140 port 48540 [preauth]
Oct 19 16:21:43 logs auth.info sshd-session[16349]: Invalid user ahsan from 178.238.237.140 port 45496
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