Must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 ip address, e.g. 127.0.0.1 or 2001:DB8:0:0:8:800:200C:417A
Basic Info

City: Frankfurt am Main

Region: Hessen

Country: Germany

Internet Service Provider: unknown

Hostname: unknown

Organization: unknown

Usage Type: unknown

Comments:
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Comments on same subnet:
IP Type Details Datetime
138.197.188.208 attack
Lines containing failures of 138.197.188.208
Oct 18 23:57:51 kvm05 sshd[29315]: Did not receive identification string from 138.197.188.208 port 60826
Oct 18 23:57:51 kvm05 sshd[29317]: Did not receive identification string from 138.197.188.208 port 44214
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29572]: Invalid user postgres from 138.197.188.208 port 54130
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29573]: Invalid user postgres from 138.197.188.208 port 42510
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29572]: Received disconnect from 138.197.188.208 port 54130:11: Normal Shutdown, Thank you for playing [preauth]
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29572]: Disconnected from invalid user postgres 138.197.188.208 port 54130 [preauth]
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29573]: Received disconnect from 138.197.188.208 port 42510:11: Normal Shutdown, Thank you for playing [preauth]
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29573]: Disconnected from invalid user postgres 138.197.188.208 port 42510 [preauth]
Oct 19 00:01:54 kvm05 sshd[29592]: Invalid user ........
------------------------------
2019-10-21 03:26:15
138.197.188.208 attackbots
Lines containing failures of 138.197.188.208
Oct 18 23:57:51 kvm05 sshd[29315]: Did not receive identification string from 138.197.188.208 port 60826
Oct 18 23:57:51 kvm05 sshd[29317]: Did not receive identification string from 138.197.188.208 port 44214
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29572]: Invalid user postgres from 138.197.188.208 port 54130
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29573]: Invalid user postgres from 138.197.188.208 port 42510
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29572]: Received disconnect from 138.197.188.208 port 54130:11: Normal Shutdown, Thank you for playing [preauth]
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29572]: Disconnected from invalid user postgres 138.197.188.208 port 54130 [preauth]
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29573]: Received disconnect from 138.197.188.208 port 42510:11: Normal Shutdown, Thank you for playing [preauth]
Oct 19 00:01:27 kvm05 sshd[29573]: Disconnected from invalid user postgres 138.197.188.208 port 42510 [preauth]
Oct 19 00:01:54 kvm05 sshd[29592]: Invalid user ........
------------------------------
2019-10-19 14:53:29
138.197.188.101 attackspambots
$f2bV_matches
2019-10-05 18:56:56
138.197.188.101 attackspam
Sep 28 11:22:51 ws12vmsma01 sshd[4332]: Failed password for invalid user suporte from 138.197.188.101 port 38133 ssh2
Sep 28 11:26:32 ws12vmsma01 sshd[4828]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101  user=root
Sep 28 11:26:34 ws12vmsma01 sshd[4828]: Failed password for root from 138.197.188.101 port 58951 ssh2
...
2019-09-29 02:39:52
138.197.188.101 attack
Sep 28 02:08:29 php1 sshd\[11153\]: Invalid user sim from 138.197.188.101
Sep 28 02:08:29 php1 sshd\[11153\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
Sep 28 02:08:30 php1 sshd\[11153\]: Failed password for invalid user sim from 138.197.188.101 port 44248 ssh2
Sep 28 02:12:40 php1 sshd\[11600\]: Invalid user qe from 138.197.188.101
Sep 28 02:12:40 php1 sshd\[11600\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
2019-09-28 20:28:05
138.197.188.101 attackbotsspam
Sep 25 06:51:56 www5 sshd\[47352\]: Invalid user trib from 138.197.188.101
Sep 25 06:51:56 www5 sshd\[47352\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
Sep 25 06:51:58 www5 sshd\[47352\]: Failed password for invalid user trib from 138.197.188.101 port 36939 ssh2
...
2019-09-25 15:33:45
138.197.188.101 attack
Reported by AbuseIPDB proxy server.
2019-09-24 09:11:41
138.197.188.101 attack
2019-09-21T08:00:58.096749centos sshd\[11209\]: Invalid user dimas from 138.197.188.101 port 55260
2019-09-21T08:00:58.102184centos sshd\[11209\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
2019-09-21T08:01:00.395136centos sshd\[11209\]: Failed password for invalid user dimas from 138.197.188.101 port 55260 ssh2
2019-09-21 16:38:15
138.197.188.101 attackspam
2019-09-20T14:46:57.8212211495-001 sshd\[34495\]: Failed password for invalid user ecgap from 138.197.188.101 port 51640 ssh2
2019-09-20T14:59:35.4487511495-001 sshd\[35409\]: Invalid user moamede from 138.197.188.101 port 57921
2019-09-20T14:59:35.4519411495-001 sshd\[35409\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
2019-09-20T14:59:37.2928711495-001 sshd\[35409\]: Failed password for invalid user moamede from 138.197.188.101 port 57921 ssh2
2019-09-20T15:03:52.0949431495-001 sshd\[35808\]: Invalid user chiency from 138.197.188.101 port 50557
2019-09-20T15:03:52.0982021495-001 sshd\[35808\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
...
2019-09-21 03:23:12
138.197.188.101 attack
Sep 16 23:49:47 mail sshd\[15961\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
Sep 16 23:49:48 mail sshd\[15961\]: Failed password for invalid user nm-openconnect from 138.197.188.101 port 45027 ssh2
Sep 16 23:53:53 mail sshd\[16516\]: Invalid user spier from 138.197.188.101 port 40050
Sep 16 23:53:53 mail sshd\[16516\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
Sep 16 23:53:55 mail sshd\[16516\]: Failed password for invalid user spier from 138.197.188.101 port 40050 ssh2
2019-09-17 07:30:52
138.197.188.101 attackbots
Sep  7 01:39:03 lcdev sshd\[11124\]: Invalid user abc123 from 138.197.188.101
Sep  7 01:39:03 lcdev sshd\[11124\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
Sep  7 01:39:05 lcdev sshd\[11124\]: Failed password for invalid user abc123 from 138.197.188.101 port 56937 ssh2
Sep  7 01:43:27 lcdev sshd\[11504\]: Invalid user 123 from 138.197.188.101
Sep  7 01:43:27 lcdev sshd\[11504\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
2019-09-07 19:56:06
138.197.188.101 attackspam
Sep  6 17:22:32 lcdev sshd\[31422\]: Invalid user test7 from 138.197.188.101
Sep  6 17:22:32 lcdev sshd\[31422\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
Sep  6 17:22:35 lcdev sshd\[31422\]: Failed password for invalid user test7 from 138.197.188.101 port 38647 ssh2
Sep  6 17:26:52 lcdev sshd\[31781\]: Invalid user uftp from 138.197.188.101
Sep  6 17:26:52 lcdev sshd\[31781\]: pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure\; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=138.197.188.101
2019-09-07 11:33:00
138.197.188.101 attackbotsspam
*Port Scan* detected from 138.197.188.101 (DE/Germany/245567.cloudwaysapps.com). 4 hits in the last 255 seconds
2019-08-19 07:17:11
138.197.188.101 attackbots
Brute force SMTP login attempted.
...
2019-08-10 03:13:35
138.197.188.101 attackbotsspam
Invalid user pfdracin from 138.197.188.101 port 43033
2019-07-31 06:16:54
Whois info:
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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


OrgAbuseHandle: DIGIT19-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   DigitalOcean Abuse
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-646-827-4366 
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse@digitalocean.com
OrgAbuseRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/DIGIT19-ARIN

OrgNOCHandle: NOC32014-ARIN
OrgNOCName:   Network Operations Center
OrgNOCPhone:  +1-646-827-4366 
OrgNOCEmail:  noc@digitalocean.com
OrgNOCRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NOC32014-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: NOC32014-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Network Operations Center
OrgTechPhone:  +1-646-827-4366 
OrgTechEmail:  noc@digitalocean.com
OrgTechRef:    https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/NOC32014-ARIN


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Dig info:
; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P4-Ubuntu <<>> 138.197.188.4
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 10303
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;138.197.188.4.			IN	A

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
.			30	IN	SOA	a.root-servers.net. nstld.verisign-grs.com. 2026030801 1800 900 604800 86400

;; Query time: 13 msec
;; SERVER: 183.60.83.19#53(183.60.83.19)
;; WHEN: Mon Mar 09 04:30:23 CST 2026
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 106
Host info
Host 4.188.197.138.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
Nslookup info:
Server:		183.60.83.19
Address:	183.60.83.19#53

** server can't find 4.188.197.138.in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN
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...
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...
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Oct  2 11:17:50 prox sshd[18365]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=106.75.231.227
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...
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Oct  1 23:40:13 server postfix/smtpd[30058]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from static.140.107.119.168.clients.your-server.de[168.119.107.140]: 450 4.7.1 : Helo command rejected: Host not found; from= to= proto=ESMTP helo=
Oct  1 23:44:05 server postfix/smtpd[30086]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from static.140.107.119.168.clients.your-server.de[168.119.107.140]: 450 4.7.1 : Helo command rejected: Host not found; from= to= proto=ESMTP helo=
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