Is IP address 74.7.244.50 dangerous?

Yes, 74.7.244.50 is considered dangerous with a threat level of 8/10. It has been reported 5 times for malicious activities including . We recommend blocking this IP address.

Who owns or operates IP address 74.7.244.50?

IP address 74.7.244.50 is operated by MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK (ASN 8075) and is geolocated to US. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 74.7.244.50?

Yes, blocking 74.7.244.50 is strongly recommended. With a threat level of 8/10 and 5 security reports, this IP poses significant risk. Implement firewall rules to block incoming and outgoing traffic.

How accurate is this threat assessment for 74.7.244.50?

Our threat assessment for 74.7.244.50 has a confidence score of 24%, based on 5 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

74.7.244.50

IPv4 Public

AS8075

MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK

5 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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US Location

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

5 Reports

Mixed Data Source

Elevated Risk

Elevated threat level 8/10 for IP 74.7.244.50 from 5 reported incidents.

Behavioral profile indicates cyber threat activity with 24% confidence.

More threatening than 87% of monitored IPs

Threat Categories

DDoS Attack 3

WP Cron Abuse 3

Port Scan 2

Hacking 2

Technical Details

DDoS indicators suggest this IP has participated in volumetric attacks designed to overwhelm target infrastructure.

Recommended Mitigations

Use DDoS protection services, implement rate limiting, and configure traffic analysis to identify attack patterns.

Behavioral Analysis

Activity Pattern: Consistent Activity

Steady malicious activity over 3 days indicates persistent threat actor operations.

First Observed 8. September 2026

Last Activity 11. September 2026

Recent (7 days) 0 incidents

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

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

Long-term blocking recommended.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 8/10 High

Critical

Activity Frequency 0/10 Inactive

Confidence Score 22% Low Confidence

Confidence History

11. Feb 2026 - 11. Sep 2026

24% Current

Stable Trend

Date	Categories	Source	Confidence
11. Sep 2026	Port Scan Hacking	Honeypot	75%
8. Sep 2026	Port Scan Hacking	Honeypot	75%
15. Feb 2026	WP Cron Abuse DDoS Attack	Community	75%
12. Feb 2026	WP Cron Abuse DDoS Attack	Community	75%
11. Feb 2026	WP Cron Abuse DDoS Attack	Community	75%

Basic Information

IP Address: 74.7.244.50
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class A

Geolocation

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

DNS Information

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

Statistics

Total Reports: 5
First Reported: 11 Feb 2026
Last Reported: 11 Sep 2026, 04:42

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

87 %

Global Threat Ranking

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

High Threat Percentile

Global Comparison

Compared against 832,391 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 8/10 avg: 6.3 +

Total Reports 5 avg: 9 -

Network Comparison

Compared against 12,486 IPs in ASN 8075

Threat Level 8/10 network avg: 8.0 =

Total Reports 5 network avg: 12 --

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

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 148,093 IPs in US

Threat Level 8/10 country avg: 6.8 +

Total Reports 5 country avg: 18 --

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

Peak Day 8 Sep 2026 1 reports

Daily Average 0.1 reports/day

Most Active Sunday 1 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

WP Cron Abuse 3

DDoS Attack 3

Port Scan 2

Hacking 2

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

Hourly Activity

Peak activity at 04:00 with 1 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

756,549 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 29,219 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US THIS IP

148,056 19.6%
02

Brazil BR

111,808 14.8%
03

India IN

87,140 11.5%
04

China CN

46,044 6.1%
05

SC SC

29,252 3.9%
06

Germany DE

18,353 2.4%
07

Netherlands NL

17,970 2.4%
08

Pakistan PK

17,792 2.4%
09

Argentina AR

16,265 2.1%
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

Elevated Risk

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

Behavioral Analysis

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

JSON Report

Firewall Rules

iptables / netfilter

UFW (Ubuntu)

Windows Firewall

Cloudflare

nginx

Apache .htaccess

PDF Report

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