Severe Risk
IP 165.227.18.206 is a critical-risk address operating from DigitalOcean's AS14061 network in the United States, with a threat level of 10/10 and 227 independent abuse reports filed through automated honeypot sensors between December 2025 and January 2026. With an activity frequency rated 8/10 and a confidence score of 89%, this IP has been definitively linked to ongoing hacking activity, representing a persistent and automated threat to exposed services worldwide.
The volume and consistency of reports paint a clear picture: 20 distinct honeypot sensors across the network detected this address engaging in intrusion attempts, with the activity spanning at least two months. The AS14061 network allocation belongs to DigitalOcean, a major US-based cloud infrastructure provider whose IP ranges are frequently scanned and exploited by threat actors deploying automated attack toolkits. The high frequency score indicates this is not opportunistic or fleeting contact but sustained, scripted behavior consistent with botnet-driven operations or dedicated brute-force infrastructure. The 89% confidence score reflects the corroboration between automated sensor detections and the absence of any legitimate traffic pattern associated with this address.
The dominant threat category, hacking, encompasses a broad spectrum of unauthorized access attempts including vulnerability exploitation, credential stuffing, and probing for misconfigured or unpatched services. For an organization running exposed SSH, RDP, web applications, or database interfaces, contact from this IP signals an active scanning and intrusion campaign likely preceding data exfiltration, malware deployment, or further network compromise. The automated nature of the attacks means they will persist around the clock, targeting any vulnerable entry point.
Site operators should treat this IP as a confirmed malicious source and block it at the network perimeter firewall or web application firewall level. Implementing strict rate-limiting on authentication endpoints, enforcing strong password policies, and disabling default or administrative accounts where possible reduces the efficacy of any attempted intrusion. Deploying fail2ban or equivalent host-based intrusion prevention tools can automatically ban repeat offending IPs after a threshold of failed attempts. Continuous monitoring of authentication logs for unusual patterns originating from cloud provider IP ranges will further strengthen defensive posture against automated hacking infrastructure operating from this address.
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