Is IP address 51.83.40.102 dangerous?

Yes, 51.83.40.102 is considered dangerous with a threat level of 8/10. It has been reported 6 times for malicious activities including . We recommend blocking this IP address.

Who owns or operates IP address 51.83.40.102?

IP address 51.83.40.102 is operated by OVH SAS (ASN 16276) and is geolocated to FR. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 51.83.40.102?

Yes, blocking 51.83.40.102 is strongly recommended. With a threat level of 8/10 and 6 security reports, this IP poses significant risk. Implement firewall rules to block incoming and outgoing traffic.

How accurate is this threat assessment for 51.83.40.102?

Our threat assessment for 51.83.40.102 has a confidence score of 22%, based on 6 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

51.83.40.102

IPv4 Public

AS16276

OVH SAS

6 Reports

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France Location

OVH SAS ASN 16276

6 Reports

Honeypot Data Source

Elevated Risk

Elevated threat level 8/10 for IP 51.83.40.102 from 6 reported incidents.

Behavioral profile indicates cyber threat activity with 22% confidence.

More threatening than 87% of monitored IPs

Threat Categories

SSH 6

Technical Details

SSH attacks attempt to gain server access through password guessing or exploitation of SSH vulnerabilities.

Recommended Mitigations

Use key-based authentication, change default ports, implement fail2ban, and disable root login.

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

Enhanced monitoring recommended. Review logs for interactions with this IP.

Continue monitoring for emerging patterns.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 8/10 High

Critical

Activity Frequency 0/10 Inactive

Confidence Score 15% Low Confidence

Confidence History

15. May 2026 - 28. Aug 2026

22% Current

Stable Trend

Date	Categories	Source	Confidence
28. Aug 2026	SSH	Honeypot	75%
28. Aug 2026	SSH	Honeypot	75%
16. Jun 2026	SSH	Honeypot	75%
15. Jun 2026	SSH	Honeypot	75%
12. Jun 2026	SSH	Honeypot	75%
15. May 2026	SSH	Honeypot	75%

Basic Information

IP Address: 51.83.40.102
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class A

Geolocation

Country: FR
ASN: AS16276
ISP: OVH SAS

DNS Information

Reverse DNS: vps-8394801f.vps.ovh.net
PTR Record: Yes
Connection Type: Static

Statistics

Total Reports: 6
First Reported: 15 May 2026
Last Reported: 28 Aug 2026, 11:20

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

87 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 87% of all IPs in our database.

High Threat Percentile

Global Comparison

Compared against 851,140 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 8/10 avg: 6.3 +

Total Reports 6 avg: 9 -

Network Comparison

Compared against 4,669 IPs in ASN 16276

Threat Level 8/10 network avg: 6.7 +

Total Reports 6 network avg: 17 --

Network OVH SAS has overall threat level 2/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 12,576 IPs in FR

Threat Level 8/10 country avg: 6.7 +

Total Reports 6 country avg: 22 --

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

Peak Day 0 reports

Daily Average 0 reports/day

Most Active Friday 4 reports

Evolution of threat level over time based on reported categories and frequency.

Initial Threat 6/10

Current Threat 6/10

Distribution of threat categories reported over time.

Top Threat Categories

SSH 6

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

773,373 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 28,239 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US

151,007 19.5%
02

Brazil BR

112,937 14.6%
03

India IN

90,037 11.6%
04

China CN

46,619 6%
05

SC SC

29,267 3.8%
06

Germany DE

18,870 2.4%
07

Pakistan PK

18,425 2.4%
08

Netherlands NL

18,305 2.4%
09

Argentina AR

16,721 2.2%
10

Colombia CO

15,366 2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

20 Related IPs

9.6/10 Avg Threat

97% Avg Confidence

20 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Elevated Risk

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

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

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