Severe Risk
IP 176.65.148.96 is a high-risk address operating from the Netherlands with a threat level of 10/10, linked to sustained hacking activity detected through automated honeypot sensors over a six-month period between January and June 2026.
Security monitoring systems logged 234 abuse reports attributed to this single IP address across the six-month reporting window, with an activity frequency rating of 8/10 indicating persistent rather than intermittent malicious behavior. All 20 most recent threat reports classify the activity as general hacking attempts, encompassing intrusion probing, vulnerability exploitation, and unauthorized access attempts. The IP is registered to AS51396 under the network operator Pfcloud UG (haftungsbeschrankt), a Netherlands-based autonomous system. Detection originated exclusively from automated honeypot sensors designed to capture and catalog malicious connection attempts, with a 93% confidence score establishing high reliability of the reported threat data.
The dominant threat category of hacking activity represents a broad spectrum of intrusion techniques targeting exposed services, including port scanning, brute-force authentication attacks, and exploitation attempts against known software vulnerabilities. Each successful connection attempt from this address represents a potential pivot point for further network compromise. The sustained volume and frequency of reports indicate an automated or semi-automated campaign rather than opportunistic scanning, suggesting the IP is part of an active toolkit used for systematic network reconnaissance and exploitation.
Network defenders should implement immediate blocking measures for IP 176.65.148.96 at the firewall or network perimeter level, as the sustained threat history provides sufficient justification for permanent exclusion. Organizations running exposed SSH, RDP, or web services should enforce strong authentication mechanisms, consider implementing tools such as fail2ban to automatically block repeated offending sources, and ensure all software remains current with security patches. Continuous traffic monitoring should be maintained to detect any attempted reconnections or similar patterns from adjacent address ranges within AS51396.
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