Severe Risk
IP 176.65.148.95 is a critical-risk address linked to persistent hacking activity, operated through AS51396 (Pfcloud UG) in the Netherlands, with 181 documented abuse reports spanning October 2025 through April 2026. Despite a low activity frequency score, the sustained volume of automated honeypot detections and a maximum threat-level rating make this IP a high-priority concern for any exposed infrastructure. The consistent focus on hacking-related intrusion attempts signals an ongoing automated threat rather than isolated opportunistic scanning.
Network intelligence places 176.65.148.95 within a Pfcloud UG autonomous system, a hosting provider whose infrastructure is frequently leveraged for dynamic threat actors due to the relative anonymity of cloud-provisioned IPs. All 181 reports originate exclusively from automated honeypot sensors, with the 20 most recent submissions uniformly categorised as hacking activity. The six-month reporting window demonstrates persistent activity rather than a single incident, while the 70% confidence score reflects standard uncertainty in attributing hosting-provider IP ranges to specific threat actors. The discrepancy between low activity frequency and high report volume suggests intermittent but deliberate targeted campaigns rather than continuous broad scanning.
The dominant hacking classification encompasses automated intrusion attempts, vulnerability exploitation and credential-based access attempts against internet-facing services. Attackers leveraging such IPs typically conduct systematic scans for exposed SSH, RDP, database or web-application endpoints, following detection with brute-force attempts or exploitation of known vulnerabilities. Successful compromise from this category of threat can result in data exfiltration, cryptomining malware deployment, botnet recruitment or lateral movement through connected systems, with impacts potentially cascading beyond the initially targeted host.
Administrators should immediately block or aggressively rate-limit traffic originating from 176.65.148.95 at the network perimeter using firewall rules or access-control lists. Implement automated authentication-failure tracking and banning tools such as fail2ban to neutralise brute-force attempts in real time. Enforce strong, unique credentials across all internet-exposed services and disable default administrative accounts. Maintain comprehensive logging of authentication events for this and similar suspect sources, keep all systems current with security patches, and deploy intrusion-detection systems to identify exploitation patterns early. Regular consultation of IP reputation databases and threat-feeds helps maintain proactive blocking of known malicious infrastructure.
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