Maximum Danger
IP 185.242.226.104 is a high-risk address with a critical 10/10 threat level, linked to sustained hacking activity including intrusion attempts and exploitation of vulnerable services. With 388 independent abuse reports spanning from August 2025 through June 2026, this IP represents one of the most persistently malicious actors currently tracked in public threat intelligence, exhibiting an activity frequency of 8/10 that indicates ongoing automated attack campaigns.
The detection data comes exclusively from 20 automated honeypot sensors that recorded consistent hostile connection attempts over a 10-month observation window. Operating through AS202425 (IP Volume inc) on United States infrastructure, this address demonstrates a 92% confidence score, meaning the classification as a hacking threat is highly reliable. The volume and persistence of reports—averaging roughly 39 per month—suggest organized, scripted attack infrastructure rather than opportunistic scanning.
The hacking classification encompasses unauthorized access attempts, vulnerability exploitation and intrusion activity targeting exposed services. Concrete risks include credential compromise through brute-force attacks, exploitation of unpatched software, and initial access for subsequent network infiltration. Automated attack toolkits systematically probe for weak authentication, outdated services and misconfigurations, posing an especially severe threat to poorly configured SSH, RDP and web-facing endpoints.
Site operators should immediately block 185.242.226.104 at the network perimeter firewall and implement automated abuse detection using tools such as fail2ban to dynamically block repeated hostile connections. Strong authentication hygiene is essential: enforce key-based or multi-factor authentication wherever possible, and audit existing credentials. Continuous monitoring of authentication logs for unusual patterns, combined with regular vulnerability scanning and timely patching of exposed services, will substantially reduce exposure to the intrusion vectors this address employs.
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