Extreme Threat
IP 35.240.174.82 is a maximum-threat-level address hosted on Google Cloud Platform (ASN AS396982) that has accumulated 1735 abuse reports over approximately seven months of sustained activity, making it one of the most prolific sources of malicious traffic observed from Singapore-based infrastructure. The dominant threat vectors include SSH brute-force attacks and automated administrative directory scanning, indicating a coordinated effort to compromise exposed authentication interfaces and web management panels. With a threat level rated 10/10 and activity frequency assessed at 8/10, this IP presents an immediate danger to any internet-facing systems accepting SSH connections or running web-based administration portals.
Analysis of the 1735 reports filed against 35.240.174.82 reveals concentrated hostile activity spanning December 2025 through June 2026, with detection across 20 separate automated honeypot sensors operated by the security community. The overwhelming majority of recent reports document SSH brute-force authentication attempts detected by intrusion prevention systems, supplemented by scanning activity probing administrative paths on web applications. The geographic origin in Singapore and association with a major cloud provider suggests this infrastructure may be compromised or abuse-cloud credentials are being exploited to launch attacks from legitimate platform resources, a common tactic that allows malicious traffic to bypass naive IP-based filters.
SSH brute-force attacks represent one of the most prevalent initial access vectors employed by threat actors, exploiting systems with weak, default, or re-used passwords through rapid credential guessing campaigns. Administrative directory scanning identifies outdated or misconfigured web applications that can be compromised through known vulnerabilities in management interfaces. The combination of both techniques indicates this IP is being used by automated exploitation frameworks designed to mass-scan the internet for entry points rather than conducting targeted reconnaissance, meaning any exposed SSH service or administrative panel within range faces roughly equal risk of being swept into the attacker's credential-stuffing workflow.
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