High Risk
IP address 64.62.156.212 is a high-risk address originating from the United States within the Hurricane Electric network (AS6939), assessed at threat level 8/10 due to sustained hacking activity that generated 772 abuse reports across automated honeypot sensors over an eleven-month period between August 2025 and June 2026.
The volume and consistency of reporting for this IP are significant: 772 total reports from 20 distinct honeypot sensors, with an activity frequency rated 8/10, indicates persistent and widespread malicious behavior rather than isolated scanning. The overwhelming majority of recent reports (19 of 20) classify the activity as general hacking operations, while a single report flagged the address as an exploited host. The detected attack patterns include malware and exploit activity alongside direct attack connections, suggesting this address is actively engaged in propagation attempts or vulnerability exploitation against exposed services.
Hacking activity of this magnitude poses a concrete threat to any publicly accessible services. The combination of malware delivery capability and active attack connections means that exposed systems, particularly those with unpatched vulnerabilities or weak authentication, face a credible risk of compromise. An address with this report density and frequency has demonstrated consistent hostile intent, and treating it as definitively malicious aligns with the available evidence. The presence of an exploited-host classification further suggests that the IP may be operating under attacker control for outbound attacks, amplifying its potential impact on the broader internet ecosystem.
Site operators should block this IP at the firewall or network edge immediately. Implementing rate-limiting on authentication endpoints and applying fail2ban or equivalent dynamic blocking tools will reduce the effectiveness of continued probing. All internet-facing services must be kept current with security patches, and monitoring should flag any matching connection patterns. Proactive blocking based on high-confidence threat intelligence is an effective first line of defense against this category of persistent threat.
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