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18.97.26.98

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

Verdict

S1scanningConfidence 90%Escalate: no

Reasoning

The session did not involve any login attempts or commands executed, indicating it was likely background noise or a probe without malicious intent.

Recommended action

Monitor for further activity from this IP address, but no immediate action is required.

Routing

Primary model
gpt-4o-mini
Final model
gpt-4o-mini
Escalated to strong model
no
Prompt version
triage-v4
Input tokens
1,574
Output tokens
88
Cost
$0.000289
Latency
1,916 ms
Verdict at
2026-09-20 02:57:00Z

Tool trace

  1. No tool calls were made.

Raw session JSON
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      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "18.97.26.98",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 18.97.26.98:47428 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: 2d732849f7a5]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2d732849f7a5",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 47428,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-20T02:56:59.749885Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "18.97.26.98",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-paramiko_2.9.2",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2d732849f7a5",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-paramiko_2.9.2",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 47428,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-20T02:56:59.768631Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes256-ctr",
        "aes128-cbc",
        "aes192-cbc",
        "aes256-cbc",
        "blowfish-cbc",
        "3des-cbc"
      ],
      "hassh": "d6729b7f24428169e981ad4840063ca5",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "hmac-sha2-256",
        "hmac-sha2-512",
        "hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com",
        "hmac-sha1",
        "hmac-md5",
        "hmac-sha1-96",
        "hmac-md5-96"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "18.97.26.98",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp521",
        "diffie-hellman-group16-sha512",
        "diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha256",
        "diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1",
        "diffie-hellman-group1-sha1",
        "ext-info-c"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "ssh-ed25519",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
        "rsa-sha2-512",
        "rsa-sha2-256",
        "ssh-rsa",
        "ssh-dss"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: d6729b7f24428169e981ad4840063ca5",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2d732849f7a5",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 47428,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-20T02:56:59.769352Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hasshAlgorithms": "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1,ext-info-c;aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,aes128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,blowfish-cbc,3des-cbc;hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1,hmac-md5,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96;none"
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "18.97.26.98",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 162 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "2d732849f7a5",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 47428,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-20T02:56:59.911986Z",
      "duration_ms": 162
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  "source": "cowrie",
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  "session_id": "2d732849f7a5"
}