Is IP address 47.197.112.163 dangerous?

47.197.112.163 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 47.197.112.163?

IP address 47.197.112.163 is operated by Frontier Communications of America, Inc. (ASN 5650) and is geolocated to US. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 47.197.112.163?

Blocking 47.197.112.163 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 47.197.112.163?

Our threat assessment for 47.197.112.163 has a confidence score of 25%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

47.197.112.163

IPv4 Public

AS5650

Frontier Communications of America, Inc.

1 Reports

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United States Location

Frontier Communications o... ASN 5650

1 Reports

Honeypot Data Source

Measured Risk

IP 47.197.112.163 threat rating: 5/10 from 1 observations.

Attention-worthy behavior detected. Confidence: 25%.

More threatening than 39% 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 10. October 2026

Last Activity 10. October 2026

Recent (7 days) 1 incidents

Reputable Network

This IP is hosted on a network (ASN 5650) with generally good reputation. The ISP Frontier Communications of America, Inc. 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 2/10 Very Low

Confidence Score 25% Low Confidence

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

Basic Information

IP Address: 47.197.112.163
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class A

Geolocation

Country: US
ASN: AS5650
ISP: Frontier Communications of America, Inc.

DNS Information

Reverse DNS: 47-197-112-163.fdr01.brnd.fl.ip.frontiernet.net
PTR Record: Yes
Connection Type: Dynamic

Statistics

Total Reports: 1
First Reported: 10 Oct 2026
Last Reported: 10 Oct 2026, 23:35

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: AS5650

Organization: Frontier Communications of America, Inc.

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

1/10

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

Network Statistics

Total IPs Monitored

306

Total Reports

7.3

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to Frontier Communications of America, Inc. (AS5650), which manages 42 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 306 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

39 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 39% of all IPs in our database.

Below Average Threat

Global Comparison

Compared against 848,126 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 5/10 avg: 6.3 -

Total Reports 1 avg: 9 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 296 IPs in ASN 5650

Threat Level 5/10 network avg: 6.4 -

Total Reports 1 network avg: 6 --

Network Frontier Communications of America, Inc. has overall threat level 1/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 150,514 IPs in US

Threat Level 5/10 country avg: 6.8 -

Total Reports 1 country avg: 18 --

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

Peak Day 10 Oct 2026 1 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 23:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

770,857 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 27,875 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US THIS IP

150,554 19.5%
02

Brazil BR

112,750 14.6%
03

India IN

89,728 11.6%
04

China CN

46,531 6%
05

SC SC

29,265 3.8%
06

Germany DE

18,811 2.4%
07

Pakistan PK

18,347 2.4%
08

Netherlands NL

18,245 2.4%
09

Argentina AR

16,643 2.2%
10

Colombia CO

15,321 2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

20 Related IPs

8.6/10 Avg Threat

51% 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

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Windows Firewall

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Apache .htaccess

PDF Report

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