Critical Threat
IP 47.89.154.16 is a maximum-threat-level address operating from Alibaba US Technology Co., Ltd. infrastructure that has generated 459 abuse reports over approximately six months, with recent activity focused exclusively on general hacking attempts including intrusion and exploitation attempts against exposed services.
Automated honeypot sensors recorded the full report volume across a detection period spanning November 2025 through May 2026. The address presents a threat level of 10/10 despite a relatively low activity frequency rating of 2/10, indicating persistent but intermittent targeting behavior rather than high-volume automated scanning. All 459 reports originated from honeypot infrastructure, with no community-sourced abuse reports contributing to the dataset, yielding a 63% confidence score in the aggregated threat assessment. The IP routes through AS45102, a network allocation associated with Alibaba's US cloud and technology operations, suggesting the address may represent infrastructure abuse or a compromised cloud resource being leveraged for malicious activity.
The dominant threat classification of general hacking encompasses unauthorized access attempts, vulnerability probing, and exploitation of misconfigured or unpatched services. Although the activity frequency remains modest, the sustained six-month reporting window demonstrates persistent interest in exploiting target systems. Attackers deploying this address likely conduct automated vulnerability scans searching for exposed administrative interfaces, outdated software with known exploits, or configuration weaknesses that permit lateral movement within victim networks.
Organizations should implement defensive measures including deploying rate-limiting mechanisms to throttle repeated connection attempts, enforcing strong authentication on all exposed services, maintaining comprehensive logging for security event correlation, and using tools like fail2ban to automatically block repeat offenders. Regular security audits and patch management significantly reduce the window of exposure to these intrusion vectors.
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