Critical Alert
IP 45.148.10.183 is a high-risk address operating from the Netherlands (Techoff Srv Limited, AS48090) that has accumulated 2,612 abuse reports since April 2026, with automated honeypot sensors consistently flagging it for SSH brute-force and general hacking activity at a threat level of 10/10 and a confidence score of 96%.
The volume and consistency of reports paint a clear picture: honeypot networks across 20 distinct sensor deployments detected this IP attempting to compromise systems through password-guessing campaigns against SSH services. The attack cadence remained persistently elevated (8/10 frequency) throughout the April–July 2026 reporting window, indicating sustained, automated exploitation rather than opportunistic probing. All 20 recent reports uniformly document both Hacking and SSH intrusion categories, confirming a focused threat profile targeting remote server access vectors from a single persistent source.
SSH brute-force attacks systematically attempt to guess credentials by cycling through common username-password combinations, exploiting weak or default passwords on exposed servers. This address specifically triggered Suricata alerts for SSH sessions on expected ports, indicating coordinated authentication-cracking campaigns against standard configurations. Successful compromise would grant attackers interactive shell access, enabling data exfiltration, malware deployment, or use of the compromised host as a pivot point for further attacks within a network.
Administrators should immediately implement fail2ban or equivalent rate-limiting to automatically block repeated authentication failures from this source. Enforcing key-based SSH authentication, disabling direct root login, and changing the default SSH port from 22 significantly reduce the attack surface for credential-guessing campaigns. Maintaining current patches and deploying intrusion detection systems addresses the broader hacking activity documented against this IP. Given the sustained threat level and report volume, blocking or closely monitoring traffic originating from 45.148.10.183 is strongly recommended for any organization exposing SSH services to the internet.
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