Is IP address 18.189.28.26 dangerous?

18.189.28.26 presents moderate risk with a threat level of 4/10. While not critically dangerous, it has been associated with activity. Monitoring and conditional blocking is recommended.

Who owns or operates IP address 18.189.28.26?

IP address 18.189.28.26 is operated by AMAZON-02 (ASN 16509) and is geolocated to US. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 18.189.28.26?

Blocking 18.189.28.26 is advisable for security-sensitive environments. With a threat level of 4/10, consider implementing conditional blocks or rate limiting.

How accurate is this threat assessment for 18.189.28.26?

Our threat assessment for 18.189.28.26 has a confidence score of 3%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

18.189.28.26

IPv4 Public

AS16509

AMAZON-02

1 Reports

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US Location

AMAZON-02 ASN 16509

1 Reports

Community Data Source

Intermediate Threat

Threat level 4/10 for 18.189.28.26 from 1 reports.

Concerning behaviors alongside normal activity. 3% confidence.

More threatening than 1% of monitored IPs

Threat Categories

Bad Web Bot 1

Technical Details

Bad web bots ignore robots.txt, scrape content aggressively, and may probe for vulnerabilities.

Recommended Mitigations

Implement bot detection, rate limiting, and use services like Cloudflare Bot Management.

Cloud Infrastructure

This IP operates from Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure. Cloud-hosted threats can be provisioned and abandoned quickly, affecting attribution.

Cloud-hosted malicious activity often indicates automated or scalable attack infrastructure.

Security Recommendations

Monitor for behavior pattern changes indicating escalation.

Continue monitoring for emerging patterns.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 4/10 Low

Medium

Activity Frequency 0/10 Inactive

Confidence Score 0% Unverified

Date	Categories	Source	Confidence
2. Sep 2025	Bad Web Bot	Community	75%

Basic Information

IP Address: 18.189.28.26
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class A

Geolocation

Country: US
ASN: AS16509
ISP: AMAZON-02

DNS Information

Reverse DNS: ec2-18-189-28-26.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com
PTR Record: Yes
Connection Type: Dynamic

Statistics

Total Reports: 1
First Reported: 2 Sep 2025
Last Reported: 2 Sep 2025, 22:45

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

ASN: AS16509

Organization: Amazon.com, Inc.

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

4/10

This network has low threat indicators with minimal suspicious activity.

Network Statistics

3,313

Total IPs Monitored

133,751

Total Reports

40.4

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to Amazon.com, Inc. (AS16509), which manages 3,313 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 133,751 have been reported for suspicious activities, resulting in a network-wide threat level of 4/10.

Network notice: This network shows some suspicious activity patterns. Monitor interactions with IPs from this ASN.

Comparative Analysis

How this IP compares to others in our threat intelligence database

1 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 1% of all IPs in our database.

Low Threat Percentile

Global Comparison

Compared against 846,742 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 4/10 avg: 6.3 -

Total Reports 1 avg: 9 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 8,977 IPs in ASN 16509

Threat Level 4/10 network avg: 6.9 -

Total Reports 1 network avg: 17 --

Network AMAZON-02 has overall threat level 4/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 150,275 IPs in US

Threat Level 4/10 country avg: 6.8 -

Total Reports 1 country avg: 18 --

Daily report activity over the last 30 days showing patterns and peaks.

Peak Day 0 reports

Daily Average 0 reports/day

Most Active Tuesday 1 reports

Evolution of threat level over time based on reported categories and frequency.

Initial Threat 4/10

Current Threat 4/10

Distribution of threat categories reported over time.

Top Threat Categories

Bad Web Bot 1

Activity patterns showing when this IP is most active during the day and week.

Hourly Activity

Peak activity at 22:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

769,456 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 28,127 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US THIS IP

150,275 19.5%
02

Brazil BR

112,654 14.6%
03

India IN

89,602 11.6%
04

China CN

46,490 6%
05

SC SC

29,264 3.8%
06

Germany DE

18,769 2.4%
07

Pakistan PK

18,305 2.4%
08

Netherlands NL

18,207 2.4%
09

Argentina AR

16,599 2.2%
10

Colombia CO

15,304 2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

IPs from the same Autonomous System (AS) network provider.

20 Related IPs

9/10 Avg Threat

73% Avg Confidence

20 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Intermediate Threat

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

Cloud Infrastructure

Security Recommendations

Basic Information

Geolocation

DNS Information

Statistics

Network Reputation

Network Identity

Network Threat Assessment

Network Statistics

Network Context

Global Threat Ranking

Top Threat Categories

Hourly Activity

Weekly Activity

FEED

Top Threat Sources

JSON Report

Firewall Rules

iptables / netfilter

UFW (Ubuntu)

Windows Firewall

Cloudflare

nginx

Apache .htaccess

PDF Report

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