Severe Risk
IP 185.242.226.85 is a maximum-threat address operated by IP Volume inc that has accumulated 220 total abuse reports and is directly linked to active hacking activity, making it one of the most dangerous IP addresses currently circulating in threat-intelligence feeds. With a threat level of 10 out of 10 and a 94 percent confidence score, this US-based address (AS202425) demonstrates persistent, high-confidence malicious behaviour that poses a severe risk to any exposed network service.
According to the compiled report data, automated honeypot sensors detected this IP making intrusion attempts across 20 recent reporting periods, with activity consistently observed from August 2025 through June 2026. The sustained frequency score of 8 out of 10 and the eleven-month active window indicate that 185.242.226.85 is not a transient or opportunistic scanner but rather part of a coordinated campaign leveraging persistent connection attempts against target systems. IP Volume inc, as the upstream network operator, hosts this address in a manner that facilitates continued scanning and exploitation probing, which explains the high volume of community and sensor reports.
The dominant threat category logged against this address is general hacking activity, encompassing unauthorized access attempts, vulnerability probing, and intrusion-enabling connection patterns. In practical terms, this means the address is being used to probe web applications, remote administration interfaces, or other exposed services for exploitable weaknesses such as outdated software, misconfigured authentication, or known CVEs. An address with this many reports operating at maximum threat level almost certainly runs automated toolkits designed to brute-force credentials or exploit specific application-layer vulnerabilities at scale, placing any unpatched or poorly hardened service at immediate risk of compromise.
Network defenders should treat 185.242.226.85 as an automatic block at the firewall or network edge, as allowing such a high-risk address to reach services provides unnecessary exposure to credential stuffing and vulnerability scanning. Implementing rate-limiting on authentication endpoints, enforcing strong password policies, and deploying tools such as fail2ban or equivalent intrusion-prevention logic will significantly reduce the effectiveness of any subsequent attempts from similar addresses. Regular monitoring of authentication logs for repeated failures from this IP range, combined with prompt patching of internet-facing software, will further harden defences against the intrusion patterns this address is known to employ.
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