Maximum Danger
IP address 185.224.128.16 is a maximum-threat-level address that has generated 551 incident reports from automated honeypot sensors over the first half of 2026, with all recent activity classified as hacking attempts, indicating persistent intrusion-focused operations from this Netherlands-hosted endpoint.
The IP, registered to Alsycon B.V. through ASN AS49870, was first flagged in January 2026 and most recently reported in June 2026, yielding a sustained six-month reporting window with a threat level of 10/10 and a confidence score of 93%. With 551 total reports and an activity frequency rating of 8/10, this address demonstrates continuous, high-volume malicious engagement across honeypot infrastructure. The concentration of recent reports exclusively categorizing the activity as hacking (20 reports) confirms a focused attack profile rather than incidental scanning. The Netherlands geographic routing provides contextual information but does not diminish the explicit adversarial nature of the detected traffic.
Hacking activity encompasses unauthorized access attempts, vulnerability exploitation, and intrusion operations targeting exposed services. This IP's exclusive focus on hacking behavior means it is actively probing for entry points, attempting to compromise systems, or conducting reconnaissance to support further exploitation. The volume and frequency metrics indicate automated, persistent operations likely leveraging known vulnerability sets or credential-based attack techniques. Real-world exposure risks include data exfiltration, service disruption, lateral movement within networks, and compromise of systems for botnet recruitment or cryptomining, with the high confidence score suggesting these are not anomalous detections but confirmed malicious patterns.
Network defenders should immediately block this IP at the firewall level given its maximum threat classification, implement rate-limiting on exposed services to mitigate brute-force and scanning attempts, and deploy automated blocking tools such as fail2ban to dynamically respond to repeated connection attempts. Keeping systems patched, enforcing strong authentication credentials, and maintaining intrusion detection monitoring provide layered defense against the intrusion techniques this address employs. Organizations with exposed services should treat any connection originating from this IP as hostile and terminate the session immediately while logging relevant telemetry for incident response purposes.
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