Is IP address 189.38.18.16 dangerous?

189.38.18.16 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 189.38.18.16?

IP address 189.38.18.16 is operated by WILLIAN MENDES DE OLIVEIRA ME (ASN 267578) and is geolocated to BR. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 189.38.18.16?

Blocking 189.38.18.16 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 189.38.18.16?

Our threat assessment for 189.38.18.16 has a confidence score of 13%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

189.38.18.16

IPv4 Public

AS267578

WILLIAN MENDES DE OLIVEIRA ME

1 Reports

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Brazil Location

WILLIAN MENDES DE OLIVEIR... ASN 267578

1 Reports

Honeypot Data Source

Cautionary Risk

IP 189.38.18.16 rated 5/10 from 1 security events.

Mixed behavior profile detected. Confidence: 13%.

More threatening than 18% 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 267578) with generally good reputation. The ISP WILLIAN MENDES DE OLIVEIRA ME maintains standard security practices.

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

Security Recommendations

Apply balanced security measures based on risk tolerance.

Continue monitoring for emerging patterns.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 5/10 Medium

Medium

Activity Frequency 0/10 Inactive

Confidence Score 10% Low Confidence

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

Basic Information

IP Address: 189.38.18.16
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class B

Geolocation

Country: BR
ASN: AS267578
ISP: WILLIAN MENDES DE OLIVEIRA ME

DNS Information

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

Statistics

Total Reports: 1
First Reported: 27 Aug 2026
Last Reported: 27 Aug 2026, 18:15

Comparative Analysis

How this IP compares to others in our threat intelligence database

18 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 18% of all IPs in our database.

Low Threat Percentile

Global Comparison

Compared against 833,268 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 5/10 avg: 6.3 -

Total Reports 1 avg: 9 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 131 IPs in ASN 267578

Threat Level 5/10 network avg: 5.7 =

Total Reports 1 network avg: 2 -

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 111,878 IPs in BR

Threat Level 5/10 country avg: 5.4 =

Total Reports 1 country avg: 3 --

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

Peak Day 0 reports

Daily Average 0 reports/day

Most Active Thursday 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 18:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

757,520 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 30,709 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US

148,275 19.6%
02

Brazil BR THIS IP

111,878 14.8%
03

India IN

87,206 11.5%
04

China CN

46,091 6.1%
05

SC SC

29,253 3.9%
06

Germany DE

18,444 2.4%
07

Netherlands NL

18,000 2.4%
08

Pakistan PK

17,825 2.4%
09

Argentina AR

16,272 2.1%
10

Colombia CO

15,171 2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

20 Related IPs

8.1/10 Avg Threat

39% Avg Confidence

15 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Cautionary Risk

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

Reputable Network

Security Recommendations

Basic Information

Geolocation

DNS Information

Statistics

Global Threat Ranking

Top Threat Categories

Hourly Activity

Weekly Activity

FEED

Top Threat Sources

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