Is IP address 71.209.92.52 dangerous?

71.209.92.52 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 71.209.92.52?

IP address 71.209.92.52 is operated by CenturyLink Communications, LLC (ASN 209) and is geolocated to US. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 71.209.92.52?

Blocking 71.209.92.52 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 71.209.92.52?

Our threat assessment for 71.209.92.52 has a confidence score of 25%, based on 1 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

71.209.92.52

IPv4 Public

AS209

CenturyLink Communications, LLC

1 Reports

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United States Location

CenturyLink Communication... ASN 209

1 Reports

Honeypot Data Source

Measured Risk

IP 71.209.92.52 threat rating: 5/10 from 1 observations.

Attention-worthy behavior detected. Confidence: 25%.

More threatening than 40% 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 2. October 2026

Last Activity 2. October 2026

Recent (7 days) 1 incidents

Reputable Network

This IP is hosted on a network (ASN 209) with generally good reputation. The ISP CenturyLink Communications, LLC 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
2. Oct 2026 New	Bad Web Bot WP Content Scraping	Honeypot	75%

Basic Information

IP Address: 71.209.92.52
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class A

Geolocation

Country: US
ASN: AS209
ISP: CenturyLink Communications, LLC

DNS Information

Reverse DNS: 71-209-92-52.chyn.qwest.net
PTR Record: Yes
Connection Type: Dynamic

Statistics

Total Reports: 1
First Reported: 2 Oct 2026
Last Reported: 2 Oct 2026, 02:54

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: AS209

Organization: CenturyLink Communications, LLC

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

3/10

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

Network Statistics

Total IPs Monitored

Total Reports

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to CenturyLink Communications, LLC (AS209), which manages 7 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 14 have been reported for suspicious activities, resulting in a network-wide threat level of 3/10.

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

40 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 40% of all IPs in our database.

Below Average Threat

Global Comparison

Compared against 813,912 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 5/10 avg: 6.3 -

Total Reports 1 avg: 9 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 110 IPs in ASN 209

Threat Level 5/10 network avg: 6.3 -

Total Reports 1 network avg: 4 --

Network CenturyLink Communications, LLC has overall threat level 3/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 144,631 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 2 Oct 2026 1 reports

Daily Average 0 reports/day

Most Active Friday 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 02:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

739,894 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 43,724 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US THIS IP

144,631 19.5%
02

Brazil BR

111,075 15%
03

India IN

83,427 11.3%
04

China CN

45,176 6.1%
05

SC SC

29,242 4%
06

Germany DE

17,742 2.4%
07

Netherlands NL

17,588 2.4%
08

Pakistan PK

16,952 2.3%
09

Argentina AR

16,214 2.2%
10

Colombia CO

15,149 2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

20 Related IPs

6.7/10 Avg Threat

27% Avg Confidence

14 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

UFW (Ubuntu)

Windows Firewall

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nginx

Apache .htaccess

PDF Report

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