Elevated Risk
IP 103.189.234.69 is a high-risk address operating from Indonesia that has been linked to sustained SSH brute-force intrusion activity, generating 445 abuse reports with a 98% confidence score and an activity frequency rated 8 out of 10. The threat level of 8/10 reflects a prolific attacker with a clear, focused methodology targeting secure shell services.
The IP address originates from network AS138608, operated by Cloud Host Pte Ltd, and was first and most recently reported in February 2026 across 20 automated honeypot sensors. The 445 total reports and high activity frequency indicate persistent, repeated engagement with exposed SSH endpoints over a concentrated timeframe. Attack-pattern logs captured multiple iterations of automated SSH brute-force attempts, including sequences involving honeypot events, suggesting the actor employs scripted tools that systematically cycle through credential guesses against any accessible SSH service.
SSH brute-force attacks represent one of the most common initial-access vectors in network compromise campaigns, where threat actors use automated tools to guess weak or default credentials until gaining shell access to a server. Successful authentication grants adversaries a foothold on the target system, enabling data exfiltration, malware deployment, lateral movement within networks, or recruitment into botnets. Even failed attempts consume server resources and generate security-noise that can obscure genuine incidents in unmonitored environments.
Defensive measures should be implemented immediately: enforce key-based authentication and disable password-based SSH login entirely, change the default SSH port to reduce automated scanning exposure, and deploy tools such as fail2ban to automatically block IPs after a configurable number of failed authentication attempts. Disabling root login over SSH eliminates a high-value target account, while keeping systems patched and maintaining active intrusion-detection monitoring ensures early detection of any successful intrusion attempts originating from this or similar addresses.
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