Severe Risk
IP 124.198.131.61 is a critical-risk address associated with 187 abuse reports and documented involvement in web application attacks, hacking activity, and potential host exploitation. With a threat level of 10/10 and detection across 20 automated honeypot sensors over a three-month window from December 2025 through February 2026, this IP represents a persistent and active threat vector that site operators should treat as hostile.
The aggregate intelligence gathered from 20 separate honeypot sensors reveals sustained malicious activity centred on web application attacks, accounting for 16 of the most recent recorded incidents alongside two hacking probes and two exploited host indicators. The 84% confidence score reflects substantial corroboration across detection systems. The IP originates from United States address space under ASN AS210558, operated by 1337 Services GmbH — a network provider whose infrastructure is frequently associated with anonymized or transient hosting environments. The activity frequency rating of 7/10 confirms ongoing, deliberate engagement rather than opportunistic or single-event behaviour, with the span from first to last report indicating months of continuous hostile operation.
Web application attacks exploit vulnerabilities in internet-facing software, targeting weaknesses such as injection flaws, authentication bypasses, and configuration errors to gain unauthorized access or extract data. When combined with the "exploited host" classification, the evidence suggests this address may be running automated scanning and exploitation toolkits, either controlled by a threat actor or repurposed without the operator's knowledge as an attack platform. For any organization running web-facing services, such an IP probing for application-layer weaknesses poses a direct path to compromise, data breach, or lateral movement within a network.
Site operators should immediately block this IP at the firewall or WAF layer and implement rate-limiting on authentication and input-handling endpoints to mitigate brute-force or injection attempts. Deploying or updating a web application firewall with current threat signatures will help detect and deflect the observed attack patterns. Regular security patching and configuration audits reduce the attack surface that this IP would target. Where possible, notify the network operator 1337 Services GmbH through their abuse contact to report the malicious activity and request investigation of the compromised or hostile infrastructure.