Critical Alert
Security alert: 120.240.236.178 rated 10/10 based on 110 verified incidents.
Threat profile indicates sustained malicious activity with 6% confidence rating.
More threatening than 93% of monitored IPs
IP Address
120.240.236.178
IPv4
Public
CN
Threat Intelligence Analysis
Automated assessment based on aggregated, anonymized threat data
Top 10% High Threat
CN
Location
China Mobile communicatio...
ASN 56040
110
Reports
Honeypot
Data Source
Threat Categories
SSH
20
Hacking
13
Exploited Host
2
Technical Details
SSH attacks attempt to gain server access through password guessing or exploitation of SSH vulnerabilities.
Recommended Mitigations
Use key-based authentication, change default ports, implement fail2ban, and disable root login.
Reputable Network
This IP is hosted on a network (ASN 56040) with generally good reputation. The ISP China Mobile communications corporation maintains standard security practices.
The malicious activity may represent an isolated compromised system rather than systematic abuse.
Security Recommendations
Implement immediate countermeasures. Well-resourced threat actor identified.
Continue monitoring for emerging patterns.
Reputation Summary
Threat Level
10/10
Critical
Critical
Activity Frequency
0/10
Inactive
Confidence Score
5%
Low Confidence
Confidence History
27. Feb 2026 - 31. May 2026
6%
Current
Stable
Trend
Security Reports (30)
| Date | Categories | Source | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hacking | Honeypot | 75% | |
| Hacking | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| Hacking Exploited Host | Honeypot x2 | 75% | |
| Hacking SSH | Honeypot x2 | 75% | |
| Hacking | Honeypot | 75% | |
| Hacking | Honeypot | 75% | |
| Hacking | Honeypot | 75% | |
| Hacking | Honeypot | 75% | |
| Hacking | Honeypot | 75% | |
| Hacking | Honeypot | 75% | |
| Hacking SSH Exploited Host | Honeypot x3 | 75% | |
| Hacking SSH | Honeypot x2 | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot x2 | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| Hacking | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot x2 | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% | |
| SSH | Honeypot | 75% |
Technical Details
Basic Information
- IP Address
- 120.240.236.178
- IP Version
- IPv4
- Network Type
- Public
- Tor Network
- No
- Network Class
- Class A
Geolocation
- Country
-
CN
- ASN
- AS56040
- ISP
- China Mobile communications corporation
DNS Information
- Reverse DNS
- None
- PTR Record
- No
- Connection Type
- Static
Statistics
- Total Reports
- 110
- First Reported
- 20 Feb 2026
- Last Reported
- 31 May 2026, 22:21
Network Reputation
Analysis of the entire network (ASN) that this IP address belongs to, providing context about the hosting provider and network-wide threat patterns.
Network Identity
AS56040
China Mobile communications corporation
CN
Network Threat Assessment
1/10
This network appears to be relatively clean with very low threat indicators.
Network Statistics
49
Total IPs Monitored
1,062
Total Reports
21.7
Reports per IP
Network Context
This IP address belongs to China Mobile communications corporation (AS56040), which manages 49 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 1,062 have been reported for suspicious activities, resulting in a network-wide threat level of 1/10.
Network status:
This network appears to be well-maintained with low threat indicators.
Comparative Analysis
How this IP compares to others in our threat intelligence database
93
%
Global Threat Ranking
This IP is more threatening than 93% of all IPs in our database.
Top 10% Most DangerousGlobal Comparison
Compared against 807,213 reported IPs worldwide
Threat Level
10/10
avg: 6.3
++
Total Reports
110
avg: 9
++
Network Comparison
Compared against 100 IPs in ASN 56040
Threat Level
10/10
network avg: 7.7
+
Total Reports
110
network avg: 12
++
Network China Mobile communications corporation has overall threat level 1/10
Geographic Comparison
Compared against 44,796 IPs in CN
Threat Level
10/10
country avg: 7.4
+
Total Reports
110
country avg: 5
++
Activity Trends
Daily report activity over the last 30 days showing patterns and peaks.
Peak Day
0 reports
Daily Average
0
reports/day
Most Active
Wednesday
22 reports
Evolution of threat level over time based on reported categories and frequency.
Initial Threat
6/10
Current Threat
6/10
Distribution of threat categories reported over time.
Top Threat Categories
SSH
100
Hacking
13
Exploited Host
2
Activity patterns showing when this IP is most active during the day and week.
Hourly Activity
Peak activity at 12:00 with 8 reports
Weekly Activity
Geographic Threat Distribution
733,998 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 28,175 Logs
FEED
Top Threat Sources
-
01
United States143,419 19.5% -
02
Brazil110,778 15.1%
-
03
India82,155 11.2%
-
04
China44,782 6.1%
-
05
SC29,234 4%
-
06
Germany17,504 2.4%
-
07
Netherlands17,488 2.4%
-
08
Pakistan16,656 2.3%
-
09
Argentina16,191 2.2%
-
10
Colombia15,136 2.1%
+40 more countries
THREAT LEVEL
LOW
MED
HIGH
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