Elevated Risk
IP address 118.193.57.121 is a high-risk threat actor with a danger rating of 8/10, definitively linked to sustained hacking activity including intrusion attempts and vulnerability exploitation across targeted systems. The IP has accumulated 626 total abuse reports from automated honeypot sensors, with a notable surge in recent activity concentrated in the Hacking threat category, representing a persistent and ongoing risk to exposed network services.
Geolocation data places this address within Thailand, routing through network AS135377 operated by UCLOUD INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HK LIMITED. Detection occurred between December 2025 and June 2026, indicating a sustained campaign spanning approximately seven months. The confidence score of 71% reflects a reliable correlation between the reported activity and malicious intent, while the activity frequency rating of 4/10 suggests consistent, periodic engagement rather than sporadic bursts. All 20 most recent reports specifically categorize the activity as Hacking, with detection originating entirely from automated honeypot sensors deployed across the threat intelligence network.
Hacking activity encompasses a broad spectrum of unauthorized access attempts, including exploitation of software vulnerabilities, brute-force authentication attacks, and probing for misconfigured services. For organizations running exposed SSH, RDP, or web-facing applications, such activity represents a direct pathway to system compromise, data exfiltration, or inclusion in botnet operations. The sustained nature of reports over seven months indicates this IP operates as part of an organized scanning or compromise campaign rather than opportunistic testing, elevating the practical risk to any vulnerable endpoint.
Network defenders should immediately block IP 118.193.57.121 at the firewall or network perimeter to eliminate hostile traffic. Implementing rate-limiting on authentication endpoints significantly reduces the effectiveness of credential-guessing campaigns. Deploying intrusion detection systems and maintaining strict patch management across all exposed services closes the exploitation vectors this actor targets. Organizations can further harden defenses by enforcing key-based authentication over passwords and monitoring logs with tools such as fail2ban to automatically block repeat offenders matching this threat profile.