5.231.242.188

Recent Activity This IP has received recent abuse reports, which causes the score to increase.
Abuse Confidence Score
23% Elevated
142 reports
5 reporters · latest 6 days ago
ISP
GHOSTNET GmbH
Usage Type
Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit
ASN
AS49581
Domain Name
ghostnet.de
Country
🇳🇱 Netherlands
City
Kerkrade, Limburg
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Abuse Reports

Total reports
142 from 5 distinct reporters
First reported
Most recent report
Last 60 days
Top reporter locations 🇨🇳 China 39 🇩🇪 Germany 2
Most common categories Port Scan 34 SSH 9 Brute-Force 9
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
🇨🇳 yiyan
Automated SSH brute-force attack trapped in endlessh tarpit. Sample log: 2026-11-09T03:59:48.682Z ACCEPT host=5.231.242.188 port=58266 fd=6 n=6/8192
Brute-Force SSH
🇨🇳 yiyan
Automated SSH brute-force attack trapped in endlessh tarpit. Sample log: 2026-11-07T16:00:51.524Z ACCEPT host=5.231.242.188 port=13086 fd=7 n=4/8192
Brute-Force SSH
Anonymous
Blocked by UFW (TCP on 49100) Source port: 35482 TTL: 242 Packet length: 40 TOS: 0x14 This report (for 5.231.242.188) was generated by: https://github.com/sefinek/UFW-AbuseIPDB-Reporter
Port Scan
🇨🇳 yiyan
Automated SSH brute-force attack trapped in endlessh tarpit. Sample log: 2026-11-07T02:49:17.703Z ACCEPT host=5.231.242.188 port=24164 fd=6 n=3/8192
Brute-Force SSH
🇨🇳 yiyan
Automated SSH brute-force attack trapped in endlessh tarpit. Sample log: 2026-10-29T18:18:31.511Z ACCEPT host=5.231.242.188 port=16594 fd=78 n=75/8192
Brute-Force SSH
Anonymous
Blocked by UFW (TCP on 44600) Source port: 51878 TTL: 239 Packet length: 40 TOS: 0x14 This report (for 5.231.242.188) was generated by: https://github.com/sefinek/UFW-AbuseIPDB-Reporter
Port Scan
🇨🇳 鹏鹏
monitor: on VM-0-7-ubuntu | port: 42301 | ttl: 251 script: github.com/sefinek/UFW-AbuseIPDB-Reporter
Port Scan
🇨🇳 yiyan
Automated SSH brute-force attack trapped in endlessh tarpit. Sample log: 2026-10-28T16:48:52.778Z ACCEPT host=5.231.242.188 port=56614 fd=5 n=4/8192
Brute-Force SSH
🇨🇳 鹏鹏
monitor: on VM-0-7-ubuntu | port: 53622 | ttl: 251 script: github.com/sefinek/UFW-AbuseIPDB-Reporter
Port Scan
🇨🇳 yiyan
Automated SSH brute-force attack trapped in endlessh tarpit. Sample log: 2026-10-27T19:13:13.972Z ACCEPT host=5.231.242.188 port=65328 fd=4 n=2/8192
Brute-Force SSH
Anonymous
Blocked by UFW (TCP on 57100) Source port: 49342 TTL: 241 Packet length: 40 TOS: 0x14 This report (for 5.231.242.188) was generated by: https://github.com/sefinek/UFW-AbuseIPDB-Reporter
Port Scan
Anonymous
Blocked by UFW (TCP on 18100) Source port: 56688 TTL: 240 Packet length: 40 TOS: 0x14 This report (for 5.231.242.188) was generated by: https://github.com/sefinek/UFW-AbuseIPDB-Reporter
Port Scan
🇨🇳 yiyan
Automated SSH brute-force attack trapped in endlessh tarpit. Sample log: 2026-10-26T17:18:40.170Z ACCEPT host=5.231.242.188 port=38160 fd=4 n=1/8192
Brute-Force SSH
Anonymous
Blocked by UFW (TCP on 49100) Source port: 44551 TTL: 240 Packet length: 40 TOS: 0x14 This report (for 5.231.242.188) was generated by: https://github.com/sefinek/UFW-AbuseIPDB-Reporter
Port Scan
Anonymous
Blocked by UFW (TCP on 19301) Source port: 52496 TTL: 241 Packet length: 40 TOS: 0x14 This report (for 5.231.242.188) was generated by: https://github.com/sefinek/UFW-AbuseIPDB-Reporter
Port Scan

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