Is IP address 196.168.104.179 dangerous?

196.168.104.179 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 196.168.104.179?

IP address 196.168.104.179 is operated by IDDQD-AS (ASN 24691) and is geolocated to TG. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 196.168.104.179?

Blocking 196.168.104.179 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 196.168.104.179?

Our threat assessment for 196.168.104.179 has a confidence score of 13%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

196.168.104.179

IPv4 Public

AS24691

IDDQD-AS

1 Reports

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Togo Location

IDDQD-AS ASN 24691

1 Reports

Honeypot Data Source

Cautionary Risk

IP 196.168.104.179 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.

High-Risk Network Association

This IP belongs to a network (ASN 24691) with elevated threat levels. The ISP IDDQD-AS hosts multiple reported malicious addresses, suggesting systemic security issues or permissive policies.

Network-wide patterns may indicate this is part of a larger malicious infrastructure.

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 11% Low Confidence

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

Basic Information

IP Address: 196.168.104.179
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class C

Geolocation

Country: TG
ASN: AS24691
ISP: IDDQD-AS

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, 05:17

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: AS24691

Organization: TOGOTEL-AS TogoTelecom, Togo

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

7/10

This network shows moderate threat levels with some malicious activity patterns.

Network Statistics

Total IPs Monitored

Total Reports

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to TOGOTEL-AS TogoTelecom, Togo (AS24691), which manages 1 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 1 have been reported for suspicious activities, resulting in a network-wide threat level of 7/10.

Network warning: This network has elevated threat levels. Exercise caution when interacting with IPs from this ASN.

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 818,440 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 5/10 avg: 6.3 -

Total Reports 1 avg: 9 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 103 IPs in ASN 24691

Threat Level 5/10 network avg: 5.7 =

Total Reports 1 network avg: 2 -

Network IDDQD-AS has overall threat level 7/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 474 IPs in TG

Threat Level 5/10 country avg: 6.0 -

Total Reports 1 country avg: 2 -

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 05:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

744,039 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 29,718 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US

145,581 19.6%
02

Brazil BR

111,271 15%
03

India IN

84,280 11.3%
04

China CN

45,425 6.1%
05

SC SC

29,244 3.9%
06

Germany DE

17,865 2.4%
07

Netherlands NL

17,651 2.4%
08

Pakistan PK

17,180 2.3%
09

Argentina AR

16,226 2.2%
10

Colombia CO

15,155 2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

20 Related IPs

6.8/10 Avg Threat

34% Avg Confidence

13 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Cautionary Risk

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

High-Risk Network Association

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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