This IP address has been reported a total of
44
times from
37 distinct
sources.
98.160.53.162 was first reported on
, and the most recent report was
.
In the last 60 days, the top reporter locations were:
Germany
with 10
reports;
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
with 5
reports;
United States of America
with 4
reports.
The most common categories in these recent reports were:
Brute-Force
40
times;
SSH
29
times;
Hacking
10
times;
Web App Attack
7
times;
Port Scan
3
times;
Other
2
times.
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.
Honeypot trap triggered: unsolicited TCP connection(s) to unused port(s) 2222 on a host running no s ...
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 2026-10-04T23:03:52Z to 2026-10-04T23:03:52Z UTC.
2026-10-04T23:03:52Z 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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2026-10-04T18:40:44.720313-06:00 node1.us sshd-session[3180011]: Connection closed by authenticating ...
show more2026-10-04T18:40:44.720313-06:00 node1.us sshd-session[3180011]: Connection closed by authenticating user root 98.160.53.162 port 13346 [preauth]
2026-10-04T18:42:36.169824-06:00 node1.us sshd-session[3182448]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=98.160.53.162 user=root
2026-10-04T18:42:37.641590-06:00 node1.us sshd-session[3182448]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 41724 ssh2
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Oct 5 00:04:43 h3buntu sshd[4147056]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 46100 ssh2
O ...
show moreOct 5 00:04:43 h3buntu sshd[4147056]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 46100 ssh2
Oct 5 02:12:41 h3buntu sshd[4185166]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=98.160.53.162 user=root
Oct 5 02:12:43 h3buntu sshd[4185166]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 43941 ssh2
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2026-10-04T23:58:31.148718+00:00 ubuntu2204 sshd[736608]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.16 ...
show more2026-10-04T23:58:31.148718+00:00 ubuntu2204 sshd[736608]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 21531 ssh2
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Brute-Force
SSH
Anonymous
Oct 5 01:43:34 con01 sshd[3363099]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 56402 ssh2
Oct ...
show moreOct 5 01:43:34 con01 sshd[3363099]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 56402 ssh2
Oct 5 01:45:15 con01 sshd[3366388]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=98.160.53.162 user=root
Oct 5 01:45:16 con01 sshd[3366388]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 59732 ssh2
Oct 5 01:54:07 con01 sshd[3384256]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=98.160.53.162 user=root
Oct 5 01:54:09 con01 sshd[3384256]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 44221 ssh2
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2026-10-04T23:42:55.510124+00:00 instance-20241105-1951 sshd[3174652]: Connection closed by authenti ...
show more2026-10-04T23:42:55.510124+00:00 instance-20241105-1951 sshd[3174652]: Connection closed by authenticating user root 98.160.53.162 port 49950 [preauth]
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2026-10-04T23:41:32.006943+00:00 ubuntu2204 sshd[729451]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.16 ...
show more2026-10-04T23:41:32.006943+00:00 ubuntu2204 sshd[729451]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 64078 ssh2
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Brute-Force
SSH
Anonymous
Oct 5 01:27:44 con01 sshd[3330514]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 60965 ssh2
Oct ...
show moreOct 5 01:27:44 con01 sshd[3330514]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 60965 ssh2
Oct 5 01:28:21 con01 sshd[3331929]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=98.160.53.162 user=root
Oct 5 01:28:24 con01 sshd[3331929]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 24241 ssh2
Oct 5 01:28:33 con01 sshd[3332352]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=98.160.53.162 user=root
Oct 5 01:28:35 con01 sshd[3332352]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 49939 ssh2
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2026-10-04T23:14:57.358990+00:00 ubuntu2204 sshd[717958]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.16 ...
show more2026-10-04T23:14:57.358990+00:00 ubuntu2204 sshd[717958]: Failed password for root from 98.160.53.162 port 6441 ssh2
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