Maximum Danger
IP 34.53.175.198 is a high-risk address with a threat level of 10/10 that has generated 299 abuse reports from automated honeypot sensors, indicating sustained malicious activity originating from a Google Cloud infrastructure node located in Belgium and operated under AS396982 (Google LLC).
Detection data spanning March through May 2026 shows consistent hostile activity with an activity frequency rating of 8/10 and a 94% confidence score that this IP poses a genuine threat. The overwhelming majority of reports — 19 distinct incidents — classify the activity as general hacking, while secondary categories include web application attacks targeting internet-facing services, IoT device reconnaissance, and exploited-host behaviour suggesting this address may be participating in a broader compromised-infrastructure campaign. The 20 separate honeypot sensors that logged these events provide robust geographic and protocol diversity in detection coverage. Observed attack patterns include raw connection attempts, web application probes, IoT-targeted reconnaissance, and malware or exploit activity. A Suricata intrusion-detection signature also flagged a protocol mismatch anomaly, indicating the host may be attempting to tunnel traffic through non-standard ports or protocols to evade basic firewall rules.
Hacking activity at this volume and diversity suggests automated scanning and exploitation toolkits deployed from this cloud instance, likely after compromise of a legitimate cloud workload. The combination of web application probing, IoT reconnaissance patterns, and protocol evasion techniques points to infrastructure being weaponised for multi-vector attacks against internet-facing services and connected devices. For organisations with exposed services, this IP represents a concrete risk of credential stuffing, vulnerability scanning, and exploit delivery.
Site operators should block this IP address at the network perimeter firewall and implement geolocation restrictions consistent with legitimate traffic patterns. Deploy rate-limiting on authentication endpoints and enforce multi-factor authentication across all internet-facing accounts to blunt credential-based attacks. Consider deploying a web application firewall with rule sets tuned to OWASP Top 10 threats and configuring intrusion-detection signatures for outbound protocol anomalies. Regular scanning with tools such as fail2ban to identify and remediate vulnerable exposed services will reduce the attack surface available to automated hosts of this nature.
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