Is IP address 74.7.175.188 dangerous?

Yes, 74.7.175.188 is considered dangerous with a threat level of 10/10. It has been reported 10 times for malicious activities including . We recommend blocking this IP address.

Who owns or operates IP address 74.7.175.188?

IP address 74.7.175.188 is operated by MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK (ASN 8075) and is geolocated to GB. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 74.7.175.188?

Yes, blocking 74.7.175.188 is strongly recommended. With a threat level of 10/10 and 10 security reports, this IP poses significant risk. Implement firewall rules to block incoming and outgoing traffic.

How accurate is this threat assessment for 74.7.175.188?

Our threat assessment for 74.7.175.188 has a confidence score of 0%, based on 10 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

74.7.175.188

IPv4 Public

AS8075

MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK

10 Reports

Legitimate Bot

This IP belongs to a verified legitimate bot or crawler service.

Specific reason: OpenAI GPTBot (https://openai.com/gptbot.json)

Category: Legitimate bot
Source: Openai_gptbot_official

Reports are blocked for this IP
Verified legitimate service
Excluded from blacklists

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GB Location

MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLO... ASN 8075

10 Reports

Honeypot Data Source

Critical Alert

Security alert: 74.7.175.188 rated 10/10 based on 10 verified incidents.

Threat profile indicates sustained malicious activity with 0% confidence rating.

More threatening than 90% of monitored IPs

Threat Categories

Hacking 10

Technical Details

General hacking activity includes various intrusion attempts, exploitation of vulnerabilities, and unauthorized access attempts.

Recommended Mitigations

Keep systems patched, implement intrusion detection, and follow security best practices.

Cloud Infrastructure

This IP operates from Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. Cloud-hosted threats can be provisioned and abandoned quickly, affecting attribution.

Cloud-hosted malicious activity often indicates automated or scalable attack infrastructure.

Security Recommendations

Implement immediate countermeasures. Well-resourced threat actor identified.

Continue monitoring for emerging patterns.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 10/10 Critical

Critical

Activity Frequency 0/10 Inactive

Confidence Score 0% Unverified

Confidence History

4. Dec 2025

0% Current

Stable Trend

Date	Categories	Source	Confidence
4. Dec 2025	Hacking	Honeypot	75%
4. Dec 2025	Hacking	Honeypot	75%
4. Dec 2025	Hacking	Honeypot	75%
4. Dec 2025	Hacking	Honeypot	75%
4. Dec 2025	Hacking	Honeypot	75%
4. Dec 2025	Hacking	Honeypot	75%
4. Dec 2025	Hacking	Honeypot	75%
4. Dec 2025	Hacking	Honeypot	75%
4. Dec 2025	Hacking	Honeypot	75%
4. Dec 2025	Hacking	Honeypot	75%

Basic Information

IP Address: 74.7.175.188
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class A

Geolocation

Country: GB
ASN: AS8075
ISP: MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK

DNS Information

Reverse DNS: None
PTR Record: No
Connection Type: Static

Statistics

Total Reports: 10
First Reported: 4 Dec 2025
Last Reported: 4 Dec 2025, 20:27

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: AS8075

Organization: Microsoft Corporation

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

8/10

This network has a high threat level with significant malicious activity reported across multiple IPs.

Network Statistics

5,598

Total IPs Monitored

99,055

Total Reports

17.7

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to Microsoft Corporation (AS8075), which manages 5,598 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 99,055 have been reported for suspicious activities, resulting in a network-wide threat level of 8/10.

Network warning: This network has elevated threat levels. Exercise caution when interacting with IPs from this ASN.

Comparative Analysis

How this IP compares to others in our threat intelligence database

90 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 90% of all IPs in our database.

Top 10% Most Dangerous

Global Comparison

Compared against 831,747 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 10/10 avg: 6.3 ++

Total Reports 10 avg: 9 =

Network Comparison

Compared against 12,483 IPs in ASN 8075

Threat Level 10/10 network avg: 8.0 +

Total Reports 10 network avg: 12 -

Network MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK has overall threat level 8/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 10,774 IPs in GB

Threat Level 10/10 country avg: 7.1 +

Total Reports 10 country avg: 17 -

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

Peak Day 0 reports

Daily Average 0 reports/day

Most Active Thursday 10 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

Hacking 10

Activity patterns showing when this IP is most active during the day and week.

Hourly Activity

Peak activity at 20:00 with 3 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

756,123 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 28,952 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US

147,910 19.6%
02

Brazil BR

111,783 14.8%
03

India IN

87,068 11.5%
04

China CN

46,034 6.1%
05

SC SC

29,252 3.9%
06

Germany DE

18,333 2.4%
07

Netherlands NL

17,955 2.4%
08

Pakistan PK

17,776 2.4%
09

Argentina AR

16,264 2.2%
10

Colombia CO

15,169 2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

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

20 Related IPs

9.2/10 Avg Threat

100% Avg Confidence

20 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Legitimate Bot

Critical Alert

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

Cloud 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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