Is IP address 192.178.4.3 dangerous?

192.178.4.3 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 192.178.4.3?

IP address 192.178.4.3 is operated by Google LLC (ASN 15169) and is geolocated to US. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 192.178.4.3?

Blocking 192.178.4.3 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 192.178.4.3?

Our threat assessment for 192.178.4.3 has a confidence score of 25%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

192.178.4.3

IPv4 Public

AS15169

Google LLC

1 Reports

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United States Location

Google LLC ASN 15169

1 Reports

Honeypot Data Source

Intermediate Threat

Threat level 5/10 for 192.178.4.3 from 1 reports.

Concerning behaviors alongside normal activity. 25% confidence.

More threatening than 46% 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.

Behavioral Analysis

Activity Pattern: Consistent Activity

Steady malicious activity over less than a day indicates persistent threat actor operations.

First Observed 27. October 2026

Last Activity 27. October 2026

Recent (7 days) 1 incidents

Cloud Infrastructure

This IP operates from Google Cloud Platform 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.

Long-term blocking recommended.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 5/10 Medium

Medium

Activity Frequency 2/10 Very Low

Confidence Score 25% Low Confidence

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

Basic Information

IP Address: 192.178.4.3
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class C

Geolocation

Country: US
ASN: AS15169
ISP: Google LLC

DNS Information

Reverse DNS: crawl-192-178-4-3.googlebot.com
PTR Record: Yes
Connection Type: Dynamic

Statistics

Total Reports: 1
First Reported: 27 Oct 2026
Last Reported: 27 Oct 2026, 06:46

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: AS15169

Organization: Google LLC

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

2/10

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

Network Statistics

Total IPs Monitored

784

Total Reports

23.1

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to Google LLC (AS15169), which manages 34 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 784 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

46 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 46% of all IPs in our database.

Below Average Threat

Global Comparison

Compared against 1,286,097 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 5/10 avg: 6.0 -

Total Reports 1 avg: 7 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 683 IPs in ASN 15169

Threat Level 5/10 network avg: 6.6 -

Total Reports 1 network avg: 3 --

Network Google LLC has overall threat level 2/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 199,199 IPs in US

Threat Level 5/10 country avg: 6.6 -

Total Reports 1 country avg: 16 --

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

Peak Day 27 Oct 2026 1 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

WP Content Scraping 1

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

Hourly Activity

Peak activity at 06:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

1,172,570 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 30,862 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

Brazil BR

258,275 22%
02

United States US THIS IP

199,199 17%
03

India IN

102,232 8.7%
04

China CN

49,388 4.2%
05

Argentina AR

41,840 3.6%
06

SC SC

29,404 2.5%
07

Mexico MX

27,332 2.3%
08

Russia RU

26,353 2.2%
09

Colombia CO

23,985 2%
10

Germany DE

22,563 1.9%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

20 Related IPs

7.9/10 Avg Threat

79% Avg Confidence

14 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Intermediate Threat

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

Behavioral Analysis

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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