Critical Alert
IP address 185.242.226.95 represents a critical threat with a maximum 10/10 threat level and 94% confidence rating, linked to sustained hacking activity detected across automated honeypot infrastructure. This address has accumulated 360 abuse reports over approximately nine months of continuous monitoring, indicating persistent and aggressive intrusion attempts that pose a significant risk to any exposed network service.
The IP is registered to IP Volume inc operating within AS202425 based in the United States, and its activity frequency rating of 8/10 confirms it maintains a consistently high volume of hostile operations. Detection by 20 independent automated honeypot sensors validates the credibility of these reports, with the first confirmed activity dating to September 2025 and ongoing reports through June 2026. This nine-month detection window demonstrates that the threat is not transient but represents persistent scanning and probing infrastructure targeting vulnerable systems across the internet.
The dominant hacking category encompasses general intrusion attempts, vulnerability exploitation, and unauthorized access probing, typically conducted through automated tools that systematically scan networks for exploitable entry points. This pattern of reconnaissance and vulnerability scanning represents a concrete real-world risk to exposed services, as successful exploitation could result in system compromise, data breach, or lateral movement within a network. The sustained nature of this activity suggests professional-grade tooling operating from this address, likely conducting broad-scale scanning operations rather than opportunistic targeting.
Site operators should immediately block this IP at the network perimeter firewall and implement geolocation-based filtering if United States traffic is not expected. Deploying fail2ban or equivalent host-based intrusion prevention tools can automatically detect and ban repeated connection attempts. Enforcing strong authentication on all exposed services, disabling unnecessary protocols, and maintaining comprehensive logging for security event correlation will significantly reduce exposure to the scanning
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