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135.232.201.85

Sensor
hp-use-01
Source
cowrie
Status
triaged
Event time
Received

Verdict

S2brute_forceConfidence 90%Escalate: no

Reasoning

The attacker attempted to log in using the username 'root' but failed. This indicates a generic credential spraying attempt without any successful logins.

Recommended action

Monitor for further attempts from this IP and consider blocking it if the behavior continues.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-4o-mini
Escalated to strong model
no
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
1,581
Output tokens
92
Cost
$0.000292
Latency
2,527 ms
Verdict at
2026-09-14 10:02:21Z

Tool trace

  1. No tool calls were made.

Raw session JSON
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      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "135.232.201.85",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 135.232.201.85:32824 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: f95eb19f068a]",
      "outfile": null,
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      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
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      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-14T10:02:19.219638Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
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      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "135.232.201.85",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-PuTTY_Release_0.81",
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      "username": null,
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    },
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      "compCS": [
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      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
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      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
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        "rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-dss-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
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      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: 146084eb5d16a32ed3ab600ed2c5d773",
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      "version": null,
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      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-14T10:02:19.240548Z",
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      "input": null,
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      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "135.232.201.85",
      "eventid": "cowrie.login.failed",
      "message": "login attempt [root/123456] failed",
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      "session": "f95eb19f068a",
      "version": null,
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      "timestamp": "2026-09-14T10:02:19.312218Z",
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      "input": null,
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      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
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      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
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  "source": "cowrie",
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  "session_id": "f95eb19f068a"
}