Elevated Risk
185.243.5.46 is a high-risk address assessed at threat level 8/10 that has accumulated 291 total abuse reports from automated honeypot sensors since January 2026, with activity continuing through May 2026, indicating sustained malicious behavior over approximately five months. The IP originates from Hong Kong through ASN AS23470 operated by RELIABLESITE, a hosting provider frequently associated with dynamic threat infrastructure. Primary threat categories documented include general hacking activity encompassing intrusion attempts and unauthorized access vectors, alongside VoIP fraud activity targeting telephony systems for financial exploitation. Detection confidence stands at 94% based on 20 independent sensor sources, lending high credibility to the assessment that this address poses a genuine and persistent threat to exposed services.
The abuse report volume of 291 incidents over five months, sourced from 20 separate automated honeypot sensors, paints a clear picture of sustained hostile scanning and exploitation activity. Activity frequency rated at 8/10 confirms that the address is not merely a transient threat but one that repeatedly probes target networks over an extended period. The geographic origin in Hong Kong and the RELIABLESITE ASN provide network context, though threat actors routinely utilize compromised infrastructure across diverse global networks to obfuscate their origin. The combination of high confidence and elevated threat level reflects the volume and consistency of malicious reports rather than isolated or anecdotal detections.
The dominant hacking category represents a broad spectrum of intrusion activity including vulnerability exploitation, credential attacks, and unauthorized access attempts against exposed services. This pattern indicates the address is actively engaged in reconnaissance and exploitation cycles, seeking entry points into target systems. The secondary VoIP fraud component suggests the operator may also be leveraging compromised telephony infrastructure or attempting to exploit phone systems for premium-rate calling schemes, representing both a direct technical threat and an economic risk to organizations running voice services. Together, these threat vectors demand that network defenders treat this IP as a multi-vector risk requiring layered defensive controls across different service types.
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