High Risk
IP 165.227.110.45 is a high-risk address with a threat level of 8 out of 10 that has been linked to sustained hacking activity over approximately nine months. This DigitalOcean-hosted IP has generated 1,480 total abuse reports with an activity frequency rated 8 out of 10, indicating persistent and repeated hostile engagement against exposed network services. The confidence score of 90 percent reflects strong evidence alignment across automated honeypot sensors that detected the malicious behaviour. For network defenders, this IP represents a credible, active threat that warrants immediate attention and blocking.
According to data collected between September 2025 and June 2026, all 20 of the most recent reports attributed to this address were classified under the hacking threat category. Detection originated exclusively from automated honeypot sensors, which simulate vulnerable services to capture and document intrusion techniques. The geographic location in the United States and the AS14061 DigitalOcean autonomous system may suggest the IP is a compromised cloud instance, a rented attack infrastructure, or a proxy relay used by threat actors to obscure their true origin. The volume of reports over a sustained period indicates this is not an isolated incident but rather part of an ongoing campaign targeting exposed entry points across the internet.
Hacking activity encompasses a broad spectrum of intrusion attempts, including the exploitation of software vulnerabilities, brute-force credential attacks, and probing for misconfigured services to gain unauthorized access. The persistent nature of the reports from this IP suggests automated scanning and exploit delivery tools are operating continuously, systematically identifying and attempting to compromise unpatched or poorly secured systems. Real-world risk includes data exfiltration, service disruption, lateral movement within networks, and the deployment of additional malicious payloads on successfully compromised hosts.
Site operators should block this IP at the network perimeter firewall or through inbound access control lists to eliminate further probing. Implementing rate-limiting on authentication endpoints and enforcing strong credential policies significantly reduces the effectiveness of brute-force approaches. Keeping all software, firmware and operating systems current with security patches closes the vulnerabilities that exploitation attempts target. Deploying intrusion detection or prevention systems can identify and halt attack patterns in real time, while monitoring logs for the patterns associated with this address helps detect any successful reconnaissance. Tools such as fail2ban can automate the dynamic blocking of repeated offending sources based on failed authentication attempts.
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