Is IP address 196.21.119.181 dangerous?

196.21.119.181 presents moderate risk with a threat level of 6/10. While not critically dangerous, it has been associated with activity. Monitoring and conditional blocking is recommended.

Who owns or operates IP address 196.21.119.181?

IP address 196.21.119.181 is operated by Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (ASN 2018) and is geolocated to ZA. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 196.21.119.181?

Blocking 196.21.119.181 is advisable for security-sensitive environments. With a threat level of 6/10, consider implementing conditional blocks or rate limiting.

How accurate is this threat assessment for 196.21.119.181?

Our threat assessment for 196.21.119.181 has a confidence score of 22%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

196.21.119.181

IPv4 Public

AS2018

Tertiary Education and Research Network of Sout...

1 Reports

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South Africa Location

Tertiary Education and Re... ASN 2018

1 Reports

Community Data Source

Intermediate Threat

Threat level 6/10 for 196.21.119.181 from 1 reports.

Concerning behaviors alongside normal activity. 22% confidence.

More threatening than 44% of monitored IPs

Threat Categories

Brute-Force 1

Technical Details

Brute-force attacks systematically attempt password combinations against authentication systems.

Recommended Mitigations

Implement rate limiting, account lockout policies, multi-factor authentication, and fail2ban.

High-Risk Network Association

This IP belongs to a network (ASN 2018) with elevated threat levels. The ISP Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa 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

Monitor for behavior pattern changes indicating escalation.

Continue monitoring for emerging patterns.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 6/10 Medium

High

Activity Frequency 2/10 Very Low

Confidence Score 7% Low Confidence

Date	Categories	Source	Confidence
17. Sep 2026	Brute-Force	Community	75%

Basic Information

IP Address: 196.21.119.181
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class C

Geolocation

Country: ZA
ASN: AS2018
ISP: Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa

DNS Information

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

Statistics

Total Reports: 1
First Reported: 17 Sep 2026
Last Reported: 17 Sep 2026, 22:34

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: AS2018

Organization: TENET-1

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

8/10

This network has a high threat level with significant malicious activity reported across multiple IPs.

Network Statistics

Total IPs Monitored

Total Reports

1.5

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to TENET-1 (AS2018), which manages 2 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 3 have been reported for suspicious activities, resulting in a network-wide threat level of 8/10.

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

44 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 44% of all IPs in our database.

Below Average Threat

Global Comparison

Compared against 972,679 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 6/10 avg: 6.2 =

Total Reports 1 avg: 8 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 13 IPs in ASN 2018

Threat Level 6/10 network avg: 6.9 =

Total Reports 1 network avg: 5 --

Network Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa has overall threat level 8/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 4,036 IPs in ZA

Threat Level 6/10 country avg: 6.1 =

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 Thursday 1 reports

Evolution of threat level over time based on reported categories and frequency.

Initial Threat 6/10

Current Threat 6/10

Distribution of threat categories reported over time.

Top Threat Categories

Brute-Force 1

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

Hourly Activity

Peak activity at 22:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

883,856 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 218,903 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US

176,606 20%
02

Brazil BR

144,668 16.4%
03

India IN

93,838 10.6%
04

China CN

47,714 5.4%
05

SC SC

29,341 3.3%
06

Argentina AR

22,401 2.5%
07

Germany DE

19,900 2.3%
08

Pakistan PK

19,307 2.2%
09

Netherlands NL

18,771 2.1%
10

Colombia CO

17,614 2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

12 Related IPs

7/10 Avg Threat

16% Avg Confidence

9 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Intermediate Threat

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

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