Is IP address 196.77.42.98 dangerous?

196.77.42.98 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 196.77.42.98?

IP address 196.77.42.98 is operated by Office National des Postes et Telecommunications ONPT (Maroc Telecom) / IAM (ASN 36903) and is geolocated to MA. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 196.77.42.98?

Blocking 196.77.42.98 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 196.77.42.98?

Our threat assessment for 196.77.42.98 has a confidence score of 13%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

196.77.42.98

IPv4 Public

AS36903

Office National des Postes et Telecommunication...

1 Reports

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Morocco Location

Office National des Poste... ASN 36903

1 Reports

Honeypot Data Source

Medium Threat

Medium risk rating 5/10 for IP 196.77.42.98 based on 1 incidents.

Suspicious behavior markers present. 13% confidence level.

More threatening than 17% 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 36903) with generally good reputation. The ISP Office National des Postes et Telecommunications ONPT (Maroc Telecom) / IAM maintains standard security practices.

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

Security Recommendations

Monitor traffic patterns. Review logs periodically for escalation.

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
29. Aug 2026	Bad Web Bot WP Content Scraping	Honeypot	75%

Basic Information

IP Address: 196.77.42.98
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class C

Geolocation

Country: MA
ASN: AS36903
ISP: Office National des Postes et Telecommunications ONPT (Maroc Telecom) / IAM

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, 01:14

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: AS36903

Organization: MT-MPLS

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

3/10

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

Network Statistics

Total IPs Monitored

780

Total Reports

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to MT-MPLS (AS36903), which manages 41 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 780 have been reported for suspicious activities, resulting in a network-wide threat level of 3/10.

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

17 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 17% of all IPs in our database.

Low Threat Percentile

Global Comparison

Compared against 838,261 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 5/10 avg: 6.3 -

Total Reports 1 avg: 9 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 1,697 IPs in ASN 36903

Threat Level 5/10 network avg: 6.3 -

Total Reports 1 network avg: 2 -

Network Office National des Postes et Telecommunications ONPT (Maroc Telecom) / IAM has overall threat level 3/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 2,559 IPs in MA

Threat Level 5/10 country avg: 6.2 -

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 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 01:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

761,999 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 30,366 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US

149,092 19.6%
02

Brazil BR

112,143 14.7%
03

India IN

88,167 11.6%
04

China CN

46,265 6.1%
05

SC SC

29,255 3.8%
06

Germany DE

18,557 2.4%
07

Netherlands NL

18,105 2.4%
08

Pakistan PK

18,033 2.4%
09

Argentina AR

16,351 2.1%
10

Colombia CO

15,202 2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

20 Related IPs

9.1/10 Avg Threat

66% Avg Confidence

20 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Medium Threat

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

JSON Report

Firewall Rules

iptables / netfilter

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Windows Firewall

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Apache .htaccess

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