IOC Radar
IPMediumSignal 83/100

138.197.178.3

Location
GermanyGermany
Frankfurt am Main, HE
ASN
AS14061
DigitalOcean, LLC
First Seen
Apr 7, 2026
Last Seen
May 12, 2026
Apr 7
First Seen
68d ago
May 12
Last Seen
34d ago
12
Reports
source reports
83%
Confidence
medium
Found in 12 reports. Confidence: medium. · Confidence scores are heuristic. Verify before acting on results.
IPv4 Address
Network layer indicator observed in threat reports.
MISP Category
Network Activity
Confidence
83%
Signal Score
83 / 100
IDS Rule
No
Threat Context
Tags
MITRE ATT&CK

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

4 techniques

Network Information

CountryDEGermany
RegionFrankfurt am Main, HE
ASNAS14061
OrganizationDigitalOcean, LLC

Feed Intelligence Summary

12 reports83% confidence
12
Source reports
83%
Confidence score
Category tags
abuseactive scanactive scanningbad reputationbad web botbotnet activitybrute forcebrute force attackerbrute-forcebruteforcecowriecredential accesscredential stuffingdedigital oceandionaeaeuropeexploitation activityexploited hostfattgermanyhackingidentity & access exploitationindicatornetworkp0fportscanreconnaissanceresearchedscannerscannerssensor-taggedservice scansshssh attackt1110.002t1595.001t1595.002t1595.003tannertpotweb app attack

Activity Timeline

1 total obs
May 12May 12

Threat Activity Heatmap

· Peak: 2026-05-12
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Threat ScoreHigh Risk
83
SIGNAL
Signal Score
83%
Confidence
12
Reports
First seenApr 7, 2026
Last seenMay 12, 2026
GeolocationDE
CountryGermany
LocationFrankfurt am Main, HE
ASNAS14061
OrgDigitalOcean, LLC
Coords50.1188, 8.6843

VirusTotal

Not checked

WHOIS

description
IPv4 hosts detected port scanning DigitalOcean London (UK) honeypot
raw
NetRange: 138.197.0.0 - 138.197.255.255 CIDR: 138.197.0.0/16 NetName: DIGITALOCEAN-138-197-0-0 NetHandle: NET-138-197-0-0-1 Parent: NET138 (NET-138-0-0-0-0) NetType: Direct Allocation OriginAS: Organization: DigitalOcean, LLC (DO-13) RegDate: 2016-01-26 Updated: 2020-04-03 Comment: Routing and Peering Policy can be found at https://www.as14061.net Comment: Comment: Please submit abuse reports at https://www.digitalocean.com/company/contact/#abuse Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/138.197.0.0 OrgName: DigitalOcean, LLC OrgId: DO-13 Address: 105 Edgeview Drive, Suite 425 City: Broomfield StateProv: CO PostalCode: 80021 Country: US RegDate: 2012-05-14 Updated: 2025-04-11 Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/DO-13 OrgNOCHandle: NOC32014-ARIN OrgNOCName: Network Operations Center OrgNOCPhone: +1-646-827-4366 OrgNOCEmail: [email protected] OrgNOCRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NOC32014-ARIN OrgAbuseHandle: DIGIT19-ARIN OrgAbuseName: DigitalOcean Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +1-646-827-4366 OrgAbuseEmail: [email protected] OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/DIGIT19-ARIN OrgTechHandle: NOC32014-ARIN OrgTechName: Network Operations Center OrgTechPhone: +1-646-827-4366 OrgTechEmail: [email protected] OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NOC32014-ARIN
references
https://jamesbrine.com.au/digitaloceanlondon-portscan-bruteforce-ip-list-2026-04-16/, https://jamesbrine.com.au

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IOC Journey

medium
First detected 2 months ago · Last seen 1 month ago
Appeared in 12 threat reports