This IP address carried out 2 SSH credential attack (attempts) on 05-10-2026. For more information or to report interesting / incorrect findings, give me a shoutout @parthmaniar on Twitter.
Honeypot trap triggered: unsolicited TCP connection(s) to unused port(s) 2222 on a host running no such service. There is no legitimate reason to connect to these ports.
Observed 1 connection(s) from 2026-10-04T22:44:31Z to 2026-10-04T22:44:31Z UTC.
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show moreHoneypot trap triggered: unsolicited TCP connection(s) to unused port(s) 2222 on a host running no such service. There is no legitimate reason to connect to these ports.
Observed 1 connection(s) from 2026-10-04T22:44:31Z to 2026-10-04T22:44:31Z UTC.
2026-10-04T22:44:31Z tcp/2222 data: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_8.9
Connection was blocked automatically at the firewall. Reported by an automated honeypot.
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2026-10-05T00:18:51.916377+00:00 instance-20241105-1951 sshd[3177311]: Connection closed by authenticating user root 38.80.64.51 port 45204 [preauth]
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[23:53] Attempted SSH login with credentials root:Kq**********MT
Brute-Force
SSH
Anonymous
Oct 5 01:21:01 con01 sshd[3317120]: Failed password for root from 38.80.64.51 port 53226 ssh2
Oct 5 01:32:56 con01 sshd[3342029]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=38.80.64.51 user=root
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show moreOct 5 01:21:01 con01 sshd[3317120]: Failed password for root from 38.80.64.51 port 53226 ssh2
Oct 5 01:32:56 con01 sshd[3342029]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=38.80.64.51 user=root
Oct 5 01:32:57 con01 sshd[3342029]: Failed password for root from 38.80.64.51 port 40780 ssh2
Oct 5 01:43:11 con01 sshd[3362438]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=38.80.64.51 user=root
Oct 5 01:43:13 con01 sshd[3362438]: Failed password for root from 38.80.64.51 port 47060 ssh2
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