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197.231.199.21

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Abuse Confidence Score

24% Elevated

21 reports

11 reporters · latest 1 hour ago

ISP: Triponza Trading 376 CC
Usage Type: Fixed Line ISP
ASN: AS37549
Domain Name: bsit.co.za
Country: 🇿🇦 South Africa
City: Johannesburg, Gauteng

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21 from 11 distinct reporters

First reported

December 5th 2025

Most recent report

1 hour ago

Last 60 days

Top reporter locations 🇺🇸 United States of America 7 🇩🇪 Germany 1 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 1

Most common categories Bad Web Bot 9 Web App Attack 3 Brute-Force 3 Hacking 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
🇺🇸 TPI-Abuse	2026-11-07 04:55:22 UTC · (1 hour ago)	(mod_security) mod_security (id:210350) triggered by 197.231.199.21 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Ports: ; Direction: 1; Trigger: LF_MODSEC; Logs: [Fri Nov 06 23:55:09.822090 2026] [security2:error] [pid 18597:tid 18597] [client 197.231.199.21:38714] ... show more (mod_security) mod_security (id:210350) triggered by 197.231.199.21 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Ports: ; Direction: 1; Trigger: LF_MODSEC; Logs: [Fri Nov 06 23:55:09.822090 2026] [security2:error] [pid 18597:tid 18597] [client 197.231.199.21:38714] ModSecurity: Access denied with code 403 (phase 2). Pattern match "\\\\b(close\|keep-alive),[\\\\t\\\\n\\\\r ]{0,1}(close\|keep-alive)\\\\b" at REQUEST_HEADERS:Connection. [file "/etc/apache2/conf.d/modsec_vendor_configs/comodo_apache/12_HTTP_Protocol.conf"] [line "70"] [id "210350"] [rev "1"] [msg "COMODO WAF: Multiple/Conflicting Connection Header Data Found\|\|joescherzi.com\|F\|4"] [data "close, keep-alive"] [severity "WARNING"] [tag "CWAF"] [tag "Protocol"] [hostname "joescherzi.com"] [uri "/"] [unique_id "au6vLXfiookfNzNa1CZ66QAAAAw"], referer: https://simplycg.net/ show less	Brute-Force Bad Web Bot Web App Attack
Anonymous	2026-11-03 21:15:04 UTC · (3 days ago)	Large-scale coordinated botnet (8M+ IPs). Ordered by Alexander Pen'kov (alexander-pen-kov-7b41aa6a/Shursky [yordim\|LIS\|MOW]): Retaliation after theft; Attacker: Mikhail Smirnov (mikhail-smirnov-79830323/Aidan [MOW]): Employed by Angara Technologies G ... show more Large-scale coordinated botnet (8M+ IPs). Ordered by Alexander Pen'kov (alexander-pen-kov-7b41aa6a/Shursky [yordim\|LIS\|MOW]): Retaliation after theft; Attacker: Mikhail Smirnov (mikhail-smirnov-79830323/Aidan [MOW]): Employed by Angara Technologies Group \| Excessive Shopby Manufacturers Blocked: /communications/shopby/manufacturer-cisco-polycom-lifesize-aastra-grandstream-audiocodes-snom-bosch-beyerdynamic-sony-huawei-spectralink-unify.html \| UA: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 \| (Magento Site) show less	Hacking Bad Web Bot
🇺🇸 TPI-Abuse	2026-10-03 07:42:29 UTC · (1 month ago)	(mod_security) mod_security (id:210350) triggered by 197.231.199.21 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Ports: ; Direction: 1; Trigger: LF_MODSEC; Logs: [Sat Oct 03 03:42:22.310874 2026] [security2:error] [pid 13996:tid 13996] [client 197.231.199.21:58928] ... show more (mod_security) mod_security (id:210350) triggered by 197.231.199.21 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Ports: ; Direction: 1; Trigger: LF_MODSEC; Logs: [Sat Oct 03 03:42:22.310874 2026] [security2:error] [pid 13996:tid 13996] [client 197.231.199.21:58928] ModSecurity: Access denied with code 403 (phase 2). Pattern match "\\\\b(close\|keep-alive),[\\\\t\\\\n\\\\r ]{0,1}(close\|keep-alive)\\\\b" at REQUEST_HEADERS:Connection. [file "/etc/apache2/conf.d/modsec_vendor_configs/comodo_apache/12_HTTP_Protocol.conf"] [line "70"] [id "210350"] [rev "1"] [msg "COMODO WAF: Multiple/Conflicting Connection Header Data Found\|\|croixlac.com\|F\|4"] [data "keep-alive, close"] [severity "WARNING"] [tag "CWAF"] [tag "Protocol"] [hostname "croixlac.com"] [uri "/"] [unique_id "asCx3oJU0PoylCITB3yrhgAAAAo"], referer: https://createwebsitebacklinks.shop/dir/strategic-seo-backlinks-47410 show less	Brute-Force Bad Web Bot Web App Attack
🇺🇸 TPI-Abuse	2026-10-01 11:27:35 UTC · (1 month ago)	(mod_security) mod_security (id:210350) triggered by 197.231.199.21 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Ports: ; Direction: 1; Trigger: LF_MODSEC; Logs: [Thu Oct 01 07:27:30.529936 2026] [security2:error] [pid 7471:tid 7471] [client 197.231.199.21:59174] M ... show more (mod_security) mod_security (id:210350) triggered by 197.231.199.21 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Ports: ; Direction: 1; Trigger: LF_MODSEC; Logs: [Thu Oct 01 07:27:30.529936 2026] [security2:error] [pid 7471:tid 7471] [client 197.231.199.21:59174] ModSecurity: Access denied with code 403 (phase 2). Pattern match "\\\\b(close\|keep-alive),[\\\\t\\\\n\\\\r ]{0,1}(close\|keep-alive)\\\\b" at REQUEST_HEADERS:Connection. [file "/etc/apache2/conf.d/modsec_vendor_configs/comodo_apache/12_HTTP_Protocol.conf"] [line "70"] [id "210350"] [rev "1"] [msg "COMODO WAF: Multiple/Conflicting Connection Header Data Found\|\|persnicketyinc.com\|F\|4"] [data "keep-alive, close"] [severity "WARNING"] [tag "CWAF"] [tag "Protocol"] [hostname "persnicketyinc.com"] [uri "/"] [unique_id "ar5DogKz-IpFNfzQhlCBcAAAABY"], referer: https://externalbacklinks.website/dir/trusted-backlink-services-160793 show less	Brute-Force Bad Web Bot Web App Attack
🇺🇸 鬼影233	2026-10-01 08:48:06 UTC · (1 month ago)	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/143.0.0.0 Safari/537.36	Bad Web Bot
🇺🇸 鬼影233	2026-09-29 09:30:53 UTC · (1 month ago)	Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/144.0.0.0 Safari/537.36	Bad Web Bot
🇺🇸 鬼影233	2026-09-24 10:25:22 UTC · (1 month ago)	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/144.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/144.0.0.0	Bad Web Bot
🇺🇸 鬼影233	2026-09-21 04:44:22 UTC · (1 month ago)	Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/145.0.0.0 Safari/537.36	Bad Web Bot
🇩🇪 nyuuzyou	2026-09-10 18:40:20 UTC · (1 month ago)	Client failed challenge verification, marked as suspicious. HTTP request received over TCP on application ports 80/443. Observed 2026-09-10T18:40:20Z.	Bad Web Bot
🇺🇸 kosada.com	2026-08-27 15:27:14 UTC · (2 months ago)	Web bot: denial-of-service flood	DDoS Attack Bad Web Bot
🇫🇷 Zkillu	2026-08-20 18:19:28 UTC · (2 months ago)	DDoS flood attack against 82.152.54.0 (2026-08-20 18:14:28 -> 2026-08-20 18:29:28 UTC) targeting AS215599. This IP (AS37549) sent ~1237 packets (0.12 MB) during the attack window. Likely a compromised device (botnet).	DDoS Attack Exploited Host
🇺🇸 kosada.com	2026-08-13 17:35:07 UTC · (2 months ago)	Web bot: denial-of-service flood	DDoS Attack Bad Web Bot
🇩🇪 LRob	2026-08-05 23:52:21 UTC · (3 months ago)	CrowdSec: Distributed L7 HTTP flood on WordPress 'The Events Calendar' AJAX endpoints (request_format~json) - DDoS \| req: /calendrier-2/action~agenda/time_limit~1764370800/cat_ids~187,121/tag_ids~332,635,582,645,559/request_format~json/ \| UA: Mozilla ... show more CrowdSec: Distributed L7 HTTP flood on WordPress 'The Events Calendar' AJAX endpoints (request_format~json) - DDoS \| req: /calendrier-2/action~agenda/time_limit~1764370800/cat_ids~187,121/tag_ids~332,635,582,645,559/request_format~json/ \| UA: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 show less	DDoS Attack Web App Attack
🇺🇸 ROCKETLAB	2026-08-05 14:00:37 UTC · (3 months ago)	DDOS from known (Mirai) botnet. Scraping ai1ec data from wordpress website. Using randomly generated user agents.	DDoS Attack Bad Web Bot
🇩🇪 LRob	2026-08-04 11:31:23 UTC · (3 months ago)	CrowdSec: Distributed L7 HTTP flood on WordPress 'The Events Calendar' AJAX endpoints (request_format~json) - DDoS \| req: /calendrier-2/action~agenda/cat_ids~133,299/tag_ids~404,433,403,832,632,555/request_format~json/ \| UA: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; I ... show more CrowdSec: Distributed L7 HTTP flood on WordPress 'The Events Calendar' AJAX endpoints (request_format~json) - DDoS \| req: /calendrier-2/action~agenda/cat_ids~133,299/tag_ids~404,433,403,832,632,555/request_format~json/ \| UA: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 show less	DDoS Attack Web App Attack

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