Severe Risk
IP 185.242.226.7 is a maximum-risk address associated with 246 abuse reports and a 10/10 threat level, reflecting sustained hacking activity detected over a four-month period from automated honeypot sensors. Despite a 68% confidence score, the volume of reported incidents and the severity rating establish this IP as a significant threat to any exposed network service.
Analysis of the reported data reveals that all 20 recent threat reports attribute malicious activity to the hacking category, with detection originating exclusively from automated honeypot infrastructure. The IP is registered to IP Volume inc under ASN AS202425 and geolocates to the United States. The first incident was logged in August 2025, with consistent reporting continuing through November 2025, indicating persistent rather than opportunistic behaviour. The unusual disparity between high report volume and zero reported activity frequency suggests these honeypot sensors may be flagging automated scanning or enumeration attempts that do not register as completed attack events within the detection framework.
The dominant hacking classification encompasses intrusion attempts, exploitation of known vulnerabilities, and unauthorized access probing against exposed services. For operators running accessible services such as SSH, RDP, web applications, or database interfaces, this activity represents a concrete risk of credential compromise, system pivoting, or data exfiltration if exploitation succeeds. The sustained detection window spanning multiple months suggests this address is part of an ongoing automated campaign rather than a transient scan.
Site operators should treat connections from 185.242.226.7 as hostile and implement immediate blocking at the network perimeter firewall. Deploying tools such as fail2ban or equivalent dynamic firewall rules can automatically mitigate repeated connection attempts. Enforcing strong authentication, limiting exposed services, maintaining current security patches, and enabling intrusion detection monitoring will reduce vulnerability to the intrusion techniques this address is observed attempting.
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