Severe Risk
IP 137.184.53.92 is a critical-risk address associated with widespread hacking activity and SSH intrusion attempts, accumulating 334 abuse reports from automated honeypot sensors in November 2025 alone. This DigitalOcean-hosted IP presents an elevated threat profile despite sporadic activity frequency, indicating concentrated, intentional scanning behavior against exposed network endpoints.
Analysis of the available data reveals 20 distinct honeypot sensors across the network detected this IP engaging in unauthorized access attempts over a single-month reporting window. Of the categorized threat reports, hacking activity dominated with 18 confirmed events, supplemented by 2 SSH-specific brute-force attempts. The 73% confidence score reflects consistent detection patterns across multiple independent monitoring points, while the 10/10 threat level underscores the severity of observed behavior. Operating within AS14061 (DigitalOcean-ASN), this IP exemplifies the challenge of cloud-hosted scanning infrastructure that can rapidly pivot across target ranges.
The predominant hacking classification encompasses various intrusion methodologies targeting system vulnerabilities and authentication mechanisms. SSH brute-force attempts represent a particularly insidious vector where attackers systematically iterate through credential combinations to compromise servers with exposed port 22. Such automated attacks exploit weak or default passwords, enabling unauthorized server access that can lead to data exfiltration, lateral movement, or integration into botnet operations. The concentration of 334 reports within a compressed timeframe suggests aggressive, high-volume scanning campaigns originating from this DigitalOcean infrastructure.
Network defenders should implement key-based SSH authentication exclusively, change the default port from 22, and disable direct root login to eliminate credential-guessing vectors. Deploying fail2ban or equivalent tools to automatically block IPs exhibiting repeated authentication failures provides dynamic defense against sustained brute-force campaigns. Maintaining comprehensive access logging and conducting regular security audits of exposed services further reduces vulnerability to scanning activity of this nature.
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