Severe Risk
IP 196.251.84.225 is a critical-risk address linked to extensive hacking activity, having accumulated over 10,000 abuse reports from automated honeypot sensors within approximately two months during late summer 2025.
The IP originates from the Netherlands and operates through CHEAPY-HOST under ASN AS401120. Automated honeypot sensors submitted all 10,123 reports, with the activity window spanning from August 2025 to September 2025. The confidence score of 61% reflects a moderate certainty level in attributing the observed malicious behavior definitively to this specific address, while the current activity frequency of 0/10 indicates the IP may be temporarily dormant. The reported threat category across all recent reports is Hacking, encompassing general intrusion attempts, vulnerability exploitation and unauthorized access vectors targeting exposed services.
The dominant Hacking classification for this address signifies a broad pattern of intrusion activity rather than a single attack type. With such a high volume of abuse reports concentrated in a relatively short timeframe, this IP almost certainly participated in scanning for vulnerable services, probing for exploitable entry points, or attempting to compromise authentication mechanisms across multiple targets. The scale of reporting suggests automated tools were employed to conduct these operations at volume, making this a persistent rather than opportunistic threat actor.
Site operators should block this IP address at the firewall level given its critical threat classification. Implementing fail2ban or equivalent intrusion prevention tools can automatically detect and mitigate scanning patterns consistent with the observed hacking activity. All internet-facing services should be kept current with security patches to close vulnerabilities that this IP likely attempted to exploit. Monitoring for any resumed activity from this address or adjacent network ranges under the same operator is also advisable.
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