Substantial Risk
IP 146.148.5.239, allocated to Google LLC's network infrastructure in Belgium, presents a critical threat with a maximum threat score of 10 out of 10 and 224 total abuse reports, indicating sustained malicious activity over a concentrated timeframe. This address is definitively associated with hacking operations, as evidenced by the dominant reported threat category and high confidence score of 94 percent.
Automated honeypot sensors recorded 224 distinct reports against this IP address between March and May 2026, with 20 recent reports specifically documenting hacking activity. The exceptionally high activity frequency rating of 8 out of 10 demonstrates persistent rather than opportunistic engagement with target systems. The detection footprint spans 20 separate honeypot sensors, confirming coordinated scanning and intrusion attempts across multiple infrastructure points. Network analysis reveals the source as AS396982 under Google LLC's operational control, representing a major cloud services provider, which is notable as threat actors frequently exploit cloud infrastructure to mask the origin of their operations.
The hacking activity attributed to IP 146.148.5.239 involves protocol manipulation techniques, specifically a Suricata alert documenting application layer protocol mismatches in both directions of communication. This pattern indicates the address is engaged in active reconnaissance and exploitation attempts targeting vulnerable services by probing for configuration weaknesses and misconfigurations that could enable unauthorized access. Such activity poses significant risk to any exposed service, potentially leading to data breaches, service disruption, or complete system compromise if vulnerabilities are discovered.
Site operators should immediately block this IP address at the network perimeter and implement fail2ban or equivalent intrusion prevention tools to automate defensive responses against similar patterns. Enforcing strong authentication mechanisms, maintaining current patch management schedules, and deploying network intrusion detection systems will substantially reduce exposure to the scanning and exploitation techniques observed from this source.
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