Is IP address 178.128.199.79 dangerous?

178.128.199.79 presents moderate risk with a threat level of 4/10. While not critically dangerous, it has been associated with activity. Monitoring and conditional blocking is recommended.

Who owns or operates IP address 178.128.199.79?

IP address 178.128.199.79 is operated by DIGITALOCEAN-ASN (ASN 14061) and is geolocated to DE. This information is derived from public WHOIS and geolocation databases.

Should I block IP address 178.128.199.79?

Blocking 178.128.199.79 is advisable for security-sensitive environments. With a threat level of 4/10, consider implementing conditional blocks or rate limiting.

How accurate is this threat assessment for 178.128.199.79?

Our threat assessment for 178.128.199.79 has a confidence score of 3%, based on 2 independent reports from multiple independent sources. Higher confidence scores indicate more reliable assessments.

IP Address

178.128.199.79

IPv4 Public

AS14061

DIGITALOCEAN-ASN

2 Reports

DE Location

DIGITALOCEAN-ASN ASN 14061

2 Reports

Community Data Source

Moderate Risk

IP 178.128.199.79 presents moderate risk (4/10) with 2 security reports.

Some concerning behavior detected. Confidence: 3%.

More threatening than 18% of monitored IPs

Threat Categories

Bad Web Bot 2

Technical Details

Bad web bots ignore robots.txt, scrape content aggressively, and may probe for vulnerabilities.

Recommended Mitigations

Implement bot detection, rate limiting, and use services like Cloudflare Bot Management.

Cloud Infrastructure

This IP operates from DigitalOcean cloud infrastructure. Cloud-hosted threats can be provisioned and abandoned quickly, affecting attribution.

Cloud-hosted malicious activity often indicates automated or scalable attack infrastructure.

Security Recommendations

Standard monitoring recommended. Apply conditional access controls as needed.

Continue monitoring for emerging patterns.

Reputation Summary

Threat Level 4/10 Low

Medium

Activity Frequency 0/10 Inactive

Confidence Score 3% Low Confidence

Confidence History

19. Aug 2025

3% Current

Stable Trend

Date	Categories	Source	Confidence
19. Aug 2025	Bad Web Bot	Community	75%
19. Aug 2025	Bad Web Bot	Community	75%

Basic Information

IP Address: 178.128.199.79
IP Version: IPv4
Network Type: Public
Tor Network: No
Network Class: Class B

Geolocation

Country: DE
ASN: AS14061
ISP: DIGITALOCEAN-ASN

DNS Information

Reverse DNS: fra1-defendadev-backoffice-8b29fafe.mongo.ondigitalocean.com
PTR Record: Yes
Connection Type: Static

Statistics

Total Reports: 2
First Reported: 19 Aug 2025
Last Reported: 19 Aug 2025, 15:49

Network Reputation

Analysis of the entire network (ASN) that this IP address belongs to, providing context about the hosting provider and network-wide threat patterns.

Network Identity

ASN: AS14061

Organization: DigitalOcean, LLC

Country:

Network Threat Assessment

4/10

This network has low threat indicators with minimal suspicious activity.

Network Statistics

10,971

Total IPs Monitored

417,845

Total Reports

38.1

Reports per IP

Network Context

This IP address belongs to DigitalOcean, LLC (AS14061), which manages 10,971 IP addresses in our monitoring system. Out of these, 417,845 have been reported for suspicious activities, resulting in a network-wide threat level of 4/10.

Network notice: This network shows some suspicious activity patterns. Monitor interactions with IPs from this ASN.

Comparative Analysis

How this IP compares to others in our threat intelligence database

18 %

Global Threat Ranking

This IP is more threatening than 18% of all IPs in our database.

Low Threat Percentile

Global Comparison

Compared against 292,447 reported IPs worldwide

Threat Level 4/10 avg: 5.9 -

Total Reports 2 avg: 18 --

Network Comparison

Compared against 15,704 IPs in ASN 14061

Threat Level 4/10 network avg: 5.3 -

Total Reports 2 network avg: 33 --

Network DIGITALOCEAN-ASN has overall threat level 4/10

Geographic Comparison

Compared against 9,849 IPs in DE

Threat Level 4/10 country avg: 6.4 -

Total Reports 2 country avg: 50 --

Daily report activity over the last 30 days showing patterns and peaks.

Peak Day 0 reports

Daily Average 0 reports/day

Most Active Tuesday 2 reports

Evolution of threat level over time based on reported categories and frequency.

Initial Threat 4/10

Current Threat 4/10

Distribution of threat categories reported over time.

Top Threat Categories

Bad Web Bot 2

Activity patterns showing when this IP is most active during the day and week.

Hourly Activity

Peak activity at 15:00 with 2 reports

Weekly Activity

Geographic Threat Distribution

274,391 threat incidents tracked globally • Last 24h: 15,806 Logs

FEED

Top Threat Sources

01

United States US

61,765 22.5%
02

India IN

45,400 16.5%
03

China CN

34,111 12.4%
04

Brazil BR

14,690 5.4%
05

Germany DE THIS IP

9,849 3.6%
06

Singapore SG

7,951 2.9%
07

Indonesia ID

7,851 2.9%
08

Pakistan PK

7,794 2.8%
09

Russia RU

6,180 2.3%
10

Netherlands NL

5,907 2.2%

+40 more countries

THREAT LEVEL

LOW MED HIGH

IPs from the same Autonomous System (AS) network provider.

20 Related IPs

8.6/10 Avg Threat

100% Avg Confidence

20 High Threat

High-risk network: Majority of related IPs are flagged

Moderate Risk

Threat Categories

Technical Details

Recommended Mitigations

Cloud Infrastructure

Security Recommendations

Basic Information

Geolocation

DNS Information

Statistics

Network Reputation

Network Identity

Network Threat Assessment

Network Statistics

Network Context

Global Threat Ranking

Top Threat Categories

Hourly Activity

Weekly Activity

FEED

Top Threat Sources

JSON Report

Firewall Rules

iptables / netfilter

UFW (Ubuntu)

Windows Firewall

Cloudflare

nginx

Apache .htaccess

PDF Report

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