Critical Threat
IP 176.46.138.40 is assessed as a critical-risk address with a threat level of 10 out of 10, linked to active hacking activity including intrusion attempts and exploitation of vulnerabilities. Automated honeypot sensors recorded 299 abuse reports connected to this IP, with the most recent detections occurring throughout September 2025.
The activity associated with 176.46.138.40 was identified through automated honeypot sensors, which logged all 299 reports exclusively from this detection source. Despite the substantial report volume, the activity frequency score of 0 out of 10 indicates that the hostile probes were intermittent or clustered rather than continuous, suggesting a deliberate, targeted campaign rather than opportunistic mass scanning. The IP is registered to New Way LLC operating autonomous system AS213790 and originates from the United States. The September 2025 reporting window shows concentrated malicious activity within a single month, and with a confidence score of 62 percent, there remains moderate uncertainty regarding the definitive attribution of all observed behavior.
Hacking activity encompasses a broad range of intrusion behaviors, including attempts to exploit unpatched services, brute-force authentication attacks, and probing for vulnerable configurations. For an exposed server or network service, even a small number of successful intrusion attempts can result in complete system compromise, data exfiltration, or the deployment of persistent backdoors. The fact that honeypot sensors attracted 299 distinct hacking probes from this single source indicates sustained interest in compromising systems, and the concentrated September 2025 activity window suggests an active campaign that may continue or resume.
Organizations with exposed services should immediately block or rate-limit connections from 176.46.138.40 at the network perimeter firewall. Enforcing strong, unique credentials and implementing multi-factor authentication on all remote-access interfaces significantly reduces the effectiveness of credential-based intrusion attempts. Keeping all software, firmware and operating systems current with security patches eliminates known vulnerabilities that hacking activity typically targets. Deploying or configuring defensive tools such as fail2ban can automatically detect and block repeated hostile login attempts, and maintaining comprehensive logging with alerting enables rapid identification of any subsequent probing from this or related sources.
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