Notable Threat
IP 130.12.181.102, allocated to Netiface LLC under autonomous system AS36680 in Germany, is a high-risk address with a threat level of 8/10 that has generated 1342 abuse reports through automated honeypot sensors over approximately six months, indicating sustained and aggressive hacking activity targeting exposed network services.
The volume of reports—averaging more than 220 per month from first contact in January 2026 through June 2026—combined with a 94% confidence score and an activity frequency rating of 8/10, establishes this IP as a persistent actor rather than a transient or opportunistic scanner. All 20 recent threat-category reports classified the activity as general hacking, and detection data included a Suricata signature alert identifying an active SSH session on an expected port, suggesting the host has been used to conduct or attempt remote-access intrusions against targeted systems. The origin network, operated by Netiface LLC within the German address space, provides the infrastructure from which this sustained probing behaviour emanates.
The dominant hacking classification encompasses a range of intrusion techniques including vulnerability exploitation and unauthorized access attempts, with the SSH-session indicator pointing specifically to attempts to establish persistent remote connections to exposed services. An IP with this reputation operating at such frequency poses a concrete risk of credential compromise, lateral movement within networks, and data exfiltration if any targeted service lacks proper hardening or authentication controls. The sustained nature of the activity over multiple months indicates a deliberate, methodical campaign rather than opportunistic scanning.
Operators should block or rate-limit this IP at the network perimeter firewall, enforce strong key-based authentication for any exposed SSH services, and implement automated blocking tools such as fail2ban to respond to repeated authentication failures. Continuous monitoring of authentication logs and network traffic for connections originating from this address will help identify any successful intrusion attempts before they escalate into broader compromise.