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218.12.225.180

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
1,573
Output tokens
88
Cost
$0.000289
Latency
1,239 ms
Verdict at
2026-09-16 03:47:17Z

Tool trace

  1. No tool calls were made.

Raw session JSON
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      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "218.12.225.180",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.connect",
      "message": "New connection: 218.12.225.180:32869 (172.18.0.2:2222) [session: 1fff6236784c]",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "1fff6236784c",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 32869,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T03:47:15.289089Z",
      "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": "218.12.225.180",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.version",
      "message": "Remote SSH version: SSH-2.0-libssh_0.7.4",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "1fff6236784c",
      "version": "SSH-2.0-libssh_0.7.4",
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
      "src_port": 32869,
      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T03:47:15.760266Z",
      "duration_ms": null
    },
    {
      "url": null,
      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "encCS": [
        "aes256-ctr",
        "aes192-ctr",
        "aes128-ctr",
        "aes256-cbc",
        "aes192-cbc",
        "aes128-cbc",
        "3des-cbc"
      ],
      "hassh": "e37f354a101aff5871ba233aa82b84ec",
      "input": null,
      "macCS": [
        "hmac-sha2-256",
        "hmac-sha2-512",
        "hmac-sha1"
      ],
      "compCS": [
        "none"
      ],
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "langCS": [
        ""
      ],
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "218.12.225.180",
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.kex",
      "kexAlgs": [
        "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org",
        "ecdh-sha2-nistp256",
        "diffie-hellman-group14-sha1",
        "diffie-hellman-group1-sha1"
      ],
      "keyAlgs": [
        "ssh-ed25519",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
        "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
        "ssh-rsa",
        "ssh-dss"
      ],
      "message": "SSH client hassh fingerprint: e37f354a101aff5871ba233aa82b84ec",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "1fff6236784c",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
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      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T03:47:16.043980Z",
      "duration_ms": null,
      "hasshAlgorithms": "curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1;aes256-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes128-ctr,aes256-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc;hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha2-512,hmac-sha1;none"
    },
    {
      "url": null,
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      "uuid": "28d6f35e-aed5-11f1-a29a-0242ac120002",
      "input": null,
      "dst_ip": "172.18.0.2",
      "sensor": "hp-use-01",
      "shasum": null,
      "src_ip": "218.12.225.180",
      "datalen": 360,
      "eventid": "cowrie.client.malformed_packet",
      "message": "Malformed SSH packet (message 50, 360 bytes); disconnecting",
      "outfile": null,
      "session": "1fff6236784c",
      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
      "protocol": "ssh",
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      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T03:47:16.972292Z",
      "messagenum": 50,
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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": "218.12.225.180",
      "eventid": "cowrie.session.closed",
      "message": "Connection lost after 1684 milliseconds",
      "outfile": null,
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      "version": null,
      "dst_port": 2222,
      "password": null,
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      "username": null,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-16T03:47:16.972883Z",
      "duration_ms": 1684
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  "sensor": "hp-use-01",
  "source": "cowrie",
  "src_ip": "218.12.225.180",
  "session_id": "1fff6236784c"
}