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196.188.37.147 has a threat confidence score of 88%. This IP address from Ethiopia (AS24757, Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation) has been observed in 26 honeypot sessions targeting TELNET protocols. Detected attack patterns include telnet shell escalation with busybox execution attempt. First observed on April 24, 2026, most recently active April 24, 2026.
Telnet session exhibiting privilege escalation and shell breakout commands (enable, system, shell, sh) followed by execution of /bin/busybox with a non-standard or arbitrary applet name. The sequence indicates an attempt to escape restricted CLI environments and execute a staged or randomly named payload via BusyBox. The presence of an unknown BusyBox applet strongly suggests automated bot deployment logic rather than legitimate administrative activity.