High Risk
IP 18.218.118.203 is a high-risk address operating from Amazon Web Services infrastructure (AS16509 / AMAZON-02) in the United States that has generated 3,163 abuse reports through automated honeypot sensors, indicating sustained and aggressive hacking activity with a threat level of 8/10 and a confidence score of 88%.
The IP was first reported in February 2026 and remained active through August 2026, accumulating reports from 20 separate automated honeypot sensors with an activity frequency rated 8/10. Analysis of recent threat categories shows Hacking activity dominating with 19 distinct reports, supplemented by 2 Exploited Host designations, suggesting this address may simultaneously serve as both an active attack platform and a potentially compromised system. Detection mechanisms captured Redis-specific attack patterns, including connection attempts targeting Redis services and Suricata-generated alerts flagging one-directional application protocol anomalies consistent with reconnaissance or exploitation probing.
The dominant Hacking classification encompasses unauthorized access attempts, vulnerability exploitation, and intrusion activity against exposed services. The Redis-specific attack vectors detected indicate the threat actor is specifically targeting misconfigured or unhardened Redis instances, which can lead to data exfiltration, remote code execution through malicious Lua scripts, or pivoting to compromise adjacent systems. With over 3,000 reported incidents and consistent activity spanning seven months, this IP represents a persistent automated threat likely operating as part of a botnet or scanning infrastructure. The Exploited Host classification raises the possibility that the address itself may be running compromised tooling without the knowledge of its AWS-hosted operator.
Site operators should block IP 18.218.118.203 at the firewall or network edge to terminate ongoing and future connection attempts. Redis instances should be hardened by binding to localhost only, enforcing AUTH authentication, disabling dangerous commands, and implementing TLS encryption where possible. Deploying fail2ban or similar dynamic blocking tools can automatically respond to repeated connection patterns characteristic of the observed activity. Operators who discover successful compromises should consider notifying Amazon AWS abuse handling through their standard reporting channels, as the Exploited Host classification indicates potential infrastructure misuse requiring provider-level intervention.
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