Elevated Risk
IP address 34.19.116.48, registered to GOOGLE-CLOUD-PLATFORM under ASN AS396982 in the United States, presents a high-risk threat profile with a threat level of 8/10 and a confidence score of 64 percent, drawing 246 independent abuse reports from 20 automated honeypot sensors across a three-month window between January and March 2026. The dominant activity category is general hacking intrusion activity, accounting for the vast majority of recent reports, supplemented by web application attacks and a single exploited-host report.
The volume of reports — 246 from a concentrated sensor network — signals sustained, deliberate outreach toward exposed services rather than incidental scanning noise. All detections originated from automated honeypot infrastructure, which captured connection attempts, web application probes, and protocol anomaly patterns consistent with reconnaissance and vulnerability-probing behaviour. The absence of activity frequency data alongside the high report count suggests these attempts were distributed across multiple targets within the honeypot grid, rather than concentrated on a single sensor. The single exploited-host report raises the possibility that this address may itself be running on a compromised cloud instance, though the 64 percent confidence score limits certainty on that specific vector.
The hacking classification covers a broad range of intrusion attempts, from credential-adjacent probing to exploitation of unpatched services, while the web application attacks align with OWASP Top 10 threat patterns such as remote file inclusion and cross-site scripting reconnaissance. Protocol-anomaly alerts captured by Suricata sensors further indicate that this address is probing for improperly configured or asymmetric network services. In practical terms, any internet-facing service receiving direct connections from this IP faces an elevated risk of unauthorized access attempts and targeted vulnerability enumeration.
Site operators with internet-facing assets should block IP 34.19.116.48 at the firewall or network edge, implement strict inbound connection allowlisting where feasible, and deploy fail2ban or equivalent dynamic blocking tools to auto-respond to repeated probing behaviour. Web application firewall rules tuned to block known probe signatures add a meaningful layer of defence. Patch management discipline, regular security audits of public-facing services, and monitoring for unusual inbound connection patterns from this address will further reduce exposure to the intrusion vectors this IP is observed deploying.
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