Severe Risk
IP 140.233.190.96 is a high-risk address associated with confirmed hacking activity, with automated honeypot sensors logging 20 distinct intrusion attempts and a cumulative abuse report volume of 1010 submissions since November 2025. The threat level has been assessed at the maximum score of 10 out of 10, indicating this address poses a severe risk to exposed services. While the confidence score of 59 percent suggests moderate certainty in the attribution, the sheer volume of reports combined with verified malicious probing activity warrants immediate attention from network defenders evaluating this IP reputation.
Analysis of the detection data reveals that all 20 recent threat reports were generated by automated honeypot sensors, which detected systematic intrusion attempts consistent with unauthorized access probing. The IP is registered to a United States allocation under autonomous system AS214209, operated by Internet Magnate (Pty) Ltd. The activity frequency metric of 0 out of 10 indicates that while the address has generated substantial historical reports, the per-day attack rate remains relatively low, suggesting either intermittent targeting or coordinated campaign bursts. The November 2025 reporting window aligns all available intelligence to a single month, indicating this is a currently active threat vector rather than historical abuse.
The dominant threat category of hacking encompasses broad-spectrum intrusion activity, including vulnerability exploitation attempts, credential-based attacks, and probing for misconfigured services. This pattern suggests the attacking infrastructure may be part of an automated toolkit cycling through common exploitation vectors rather than a highly targeted campaign. The real-world risk manifests as potential unauthorized system access, data exfiltration, or use of compromised resources as pivot points for deeper network penetration. Organizations with exposed services interpreting this IP reputation should treat any connection attempt as hostile until proven otherwise.
Defensive recommendations include implementing automated abuse-detection tools such as fail2ban to dynamically block repeated connection attempts from this source. Network operators should ensure strict authentication requirements on all accessible services, employ rate-limiting on authentication endpoints, and maintain comprehensive logging for forensic analysis. Regular security patching and vulnerability scanning will reduce the attack surface available to the techniques this IP employs. Continuous monitoring of abuse report feeds and automatic firewall rule updates based on community-sourced threat intelligence will provide ongoing protection against this and similar hostile addresses.
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