Is IP address 197.186.18.187 dangerous?

197.186.18.187 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 197.186.18.187?

IP address 197.186.18.187 is operated by Airtel Tanzania (ASN 37133) and is geolocated to TZ. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 197.186.18.187?

Blocking 197.186.18.187 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 197.186.18.187?

Our threat assessment for 197.186.18.187 has a confidence score of 23%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

197.186.18.187

IPv4 Public

AS37133

Airtel Tanzania

1 Reports

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Tanzania Location

Airtel Tanzania ASN 37133

1 Reports

Honeypot Data Source

Measured Risk

IP 197.186.18.187 threat rating: 5/10 from 1 observations.

Attention-worthy behavior detected. Confidence: 23%.

More threatening than 25% 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 20. October 2026

Last Activity 20. October 2026

Recent (7 days) 1 incidents

Reputable Network

This IP is hosted on a network (ASN 37133) with generally good reputation. The ISP Airtel Tanzania maintains standard security practices.

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

Security Recommendations

Standard security protocols sufficient. Monitor but no immediate blocking required.

Long-term blocking recommended.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 5/10 Medium

Medium

Activity Frequency 0/10 Inactive

Confidence Score 23% Low Confidence

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

Basic Information

IP Address: 197.186.18.187
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class C

Geolocation

Country: TZ
ASN: AS37133
ISP: Airtel Tanzania

DNS Information

Reverse DNS: 187-18-186-197.r.airtel.co.tz
PTR Record: Yes
Connection Type: Dynamic

Statistics

Total Reports: 1
First Reported: 26 Oct 2026
Last Reported: 20 Oct 2026, 12:11

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: AS37133

Organization: airtel-tz-as

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

1/10

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

Network Statistics

Total IPs Monitored

Total Reports

1.3

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to airtel-tz-as (AS37133), which manages 6 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 8 have been reported for suspicious activities, resulting in a network-wide threat level of 1/10.

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

25 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 25% of all IPs in our database.

Below Average Threat

Global Comparison

Compared against 1,265,091 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 5/10 avg: 6.0 -

Total Reports 1 avg: 7 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 372 IPs in ASN 37133

Threat Level 5/10 network avg: 6.6 -

Total Reports 1 network avg: 2 -

Network Airtel Tanzania has overall threat level 1/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 1,142 IPs in TZ

Threat Level 5/10 country avg: 6.6 -

Total Reports 1 country avg: 3 --

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

Peak Day 20 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 12:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

1,152,420 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 31,257 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

Brazil BR

257,590 22.4%
02

United States US

195,577 17%
03

India IN

99,483 8.6%
04

China CN

48,822 4.2%
05

Argentina AR

41,671 3.6%
06

SC SC

29,369 2.5%
07

Mexico MX

27,126 2.4%
08

Russia RU

25,990 2.3%
09

Colombia CO

23,937 2.1%
10

Germany DE

21,717 1.9%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

20 Related IPs

9.4/10 Avg Threat

44% Avg Confidence

20 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Measured Risk

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

Behavioral Analysis

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

UFW (Ubuntu)

Windows Firewall

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nginx

Apache .htaccess

PDF Report

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