Port Scan Abuse Report
One address connecting to many ports or many of your addresses in a short time. Fill in the details and copy a report the network's abuse team can act on.
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Subject: Abuse report: port scanning from <source IP> Hello, The address <source IP>, which is on your network, connected to many ports or addresses on our network in a short time, which is consistent with a port scan. Source IP: <source IP> Target: <our IP or host name> Type: Port Scan First seen: <date and time, UTC> Last seen: <date and time, UTC> All times are in UTC. Please investigate and stop this activity. A reply confirming you have received this report would be appreciated. Regards, <your name and organisation>
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What to include
Source IPOne address per report
TimesFirst and last seen, in UTC
EvidenceA few raw log lines
Send ToThe abuse contact in the IP's WHOIS
One address connecting to many ports or many of your addresses in a short time.
Short, factual reports with exact times and a few log lines get acted on. Find the right address with the ASN lookup and whois on the source IP.
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Where do I report port scan?
To the abuse contact of the network that owns the source IP: whois <ip> shows it (abuse-mailbox or OrgAbuseEmail).
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