Is IP address 188.71.212.38 dangerous?

188.71.212.38 presents moderate risk with a threat level of 5/10. While not critically dangerous, it has been associated with activity. Monitoring and conditional blocking is recommended.

Who owns or operates IP address 188.71.212.38?

IP address 188.71.212.38 is operated by National Mobile Telecommunications Company K.s.c.p. (ASN 29357) and is geolocated to KW. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 188.71.212.38?

Blocking 188.71.212.38 is advisable for security-sensitive environments. With a threat level of 5/10, consider implementing conditional blocks or rate limiting.

How accurate is this threat assessment for 188.71.212.38?

Our threat assessment for 188.71.212.38 has a confidence score of 13%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

188.71.212.38

IPv4 Public

AS29357

National Mobile Telecommunications Company K.s....

1 Reports

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Kuwait Location

National Mobile Telecommu... ASN 29357

1 Reports

Honeypot Data Source

Moderate Risk

IP 188.71.212.38 presents moderate risk (5/10) with 1 security reports.

Some concerning behavior detected. Confidence: 13%.

More threatening than 11% of monitored IPs

Threat Categories

Bad Web Bot 1

WP Content Scraping 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.

Reputable Network

This IP is hosted on a network (ASN 29357) with generally good reputation. The ISP National Mobile Telecommunications Company K.s.c.p. maintains standard security practices.

The malicious activity may represent an isolated compromised system rather than systematic abuse.

Security Recommendations

Standard monitoring recommended. Apply conditional access controls as needed.

Continue monitoring for emerging patterns.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 5/10 Medium

Medium

Activity Frequency 0/10 Inactive

Confidence Score 6% Low Confidence

Date	Categories	Source	Confidence
29. Aug 2026	Bad Web Bot WP Content Scraping	Honeypot	75%

Basic Information

IP Address: 188.71.212.38
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class B

Geolocation

Country: KW
ASN: AS29357
ISP: National Mobile Telecommunications Company K.s.c.p.

DNS Information

Reverse DNS: None
PTR Record: No
Connection Type: Static

Statistics

Total Reports: 1
First Reported: 29 Aug 2026
Last Reported: 29 Aug 2026, 07:24

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: AS29357

Organization: National Mobile Telecommunications Company K.s.c.p.

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

2/10

This network appears to be relatively clean with very low threat indicators.

Network Statistics

Total IPs Monitored

Total Reports

4.8

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to National Mobile Telecommunications Company K.s.c.p. (AS29357), which manages 4 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 19 have been reported for suspicious activities, resulting in a network-wide threat level of 2/10.

Network status: This network appears to be well-maintained with low threat indicators.

Comparative Analysis

How this IP compares to others in our threat intelligence database

11 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 11% of all IPs in our database.

Low Threat Percentile

Global Comparison

Compared against 1,270,522 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 5/10 avg: 6.0 -

Total Reports 1 avg: 7 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 197 IPs in ASN 29357

Threat Level 5/10 network avg: 6.6 -

Total Reports 1 network avg: 3 --

Network National Mobile Telecommunications Company K.s.c.p. has overall threat level 2/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 574 IPs in KW

Threat Level 5/10 country avg: 6.6 -

Total Reports 1 country avg: 4 --

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

Peak Day 0 reports

Daily Average 0 reports/day

Most Active Saturday 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

WP Content Scraping 1

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

Hourly Activity

Peak activity at 07:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

1,157,786 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 31,085 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

Brazil BR

257,823 22.3%
02

United States US

196,445 17%
03

India IN

100,349 8.7%
04

China CN

48,942 4.2%
05

Argentina AR

41,700 3.6%
06

SC SC

29,371 2.5%
07

Mexico MX

27,176 2.3%
08

Russia RU

26,061 2.3%
09

Colombia CO

23,948 2.1%
10

Germany DE

21,942 1.9%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

20 Related IPs

8.9/10 Avg Threat

54% Avg Confidence

20 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Moderate Risk

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

Reputable Network

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

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