Is IP address 217.60.196.7 dangerous?

217.60.196.7 shows low risk indicators with a threat level of 3/10. Limited suspicious activity has been reported. Standard security practices should be sufficient.

Who owns or operates IP address 217.60.196.7?

IP address 217.60.196.7 is operated by OVH SAS (ASN 16276) and is geolocated to DE. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 217.60.196.7?

Blocking 217.60.196.7 is optional. With a low threat level of 3/10, standard monitoring may be sufficient. Block if your security policy requires it.

How accurate is this threat assessment for 217.60.196.7?

Our threat assessment for 217.60.196.7 has a confidence score of 16%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

217.60.196.7

IPv4 Public

AS16276

OVH SAS

1 Reports

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Germany Location

OVH SAS ASN 16276

1 Reports

Community Data Source

Negligible Threat

Negligible threat (3/10) for 217.60.196.7 from 1 incidents.

Behavior consistent with legitimate use. Confidence: 16%.

More threatening than 1% of monitored IPs

Threat Categories

Web Spam 1

Blog Spam 1

WP Contact Form Spam 1

Technical Details

Web spam includes automated form submissions, guestbook spam, and link injection for SEO manipulation.

Recommended Mitigations

Implement CAPTCHA, content filtering, and rate limiting on form submissions.

Behavioral Analysis

Activity Pattern: Consistent Activity

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

First Observed 29. September 2026

Last Activity 29. September 2026

Recent (7 days) 0 incidents

Datacenter Infrastructure

This IP is allocated from datacenter space operated by OVH SAS. Datacenter IPs used for attacks often indicate intentional malicious infrastructure.

Purpose-provisioned attack infrastructure may represent more sophisticated threat actors.

Security Recommendations

No special measures recommended.

Long-term blocking recommended.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 3/10 Low

Low

Activity Frequency 4/10 Low

Confidence Score 10% Low Confidence

Date	Categories	Source	Confidence
29. Sep 2026	Web Spam Blog Spam WP Contact Form Spam	Community x2	75%

Basic Information

IP Address: 217.60.196.7
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class C

Geolocation

Country: DE
ASN: AS16276
ISP: OVH SAS

DNS Information

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

Statistics

Total Reports: 1
First Reported: 29 Sep 2026
Last Reported: 29 Sep 2026, 07:17

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: AS16276

Organization: OVH SAS

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

2/10

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

Network Statistics

1,385

Total IPs Monitored

33,679

Total Reports

24.3

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to OVH SAS (AS16276), which manages 1,385 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 33,679 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

1 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 1% of all IPs in our database.

Low Threat Percentile

Global Comparison

Compared against 831,747 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 3/10 avg: 6.3 --

Total Reports 1 avg: 9 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 4,557 IPs in ASN 16276

Threat Level 3/10 network avg: 6.8 --

Total Reports 1 network avg: 18 --

Network OVH SAS has overall threat level 2/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 18,332 IPs in DE

Threat Level 3/10 country avg: 7.3 --

Total Reports 1 country avg: 30 --

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

Peak Day 29 Sep 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 3/10

Current Threat 3/10

Distribution of threat categories reported over time.

Top Threat Categories

Web Spam 1

Blog Spam 1

WP Contact Form Spam 1

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

Hourly Activity

Peak activity at 07:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

756,109 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 28,868 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US

147,903 19.6%
02

Brazil BR

111,781 14.8%
03

India IN

87,067 11.5%
04

China CN

46,034 6.1%
05

SC SC

29,252 3.9%
06

Germany DE THIS IP

18,332 2.4%
07

Netherlands NL

17,954 2.4%
08

Pakistan PK

17,776 2.4%
09

Argentina AR

16,264 2.2%
10

Colombia CO

15,169 2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

20 Related IPs

9.7/10 Avg Threat

98% Avg Confidence

20 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Negligible Threat

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

Behavioral Analysis

Datacenter 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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