Severe Risk
IP address 185.243.5.132 represents a critical cybersecurity threat, registered in Hong Kong and operated through AS23470 (RELIABLESITE), with a maximum threat-level score of 10 out of 10 and 180 total abuse reports filed against it since December 2025. All confirmed detections originate from automated honeypot sensors, which identified the address exclusively under the hacking threat category, indicating sustained, automated intrusion activity targeting vulnerable network services.
The report volume of 180 total incidents concentrated within a compressed December 2025 to January 2026 timeframe reveals aggressive, repeated probing behaviour that generated sufficient evidence for a 63 percent confidence rating. The honeypot infrastructure across which these detections occurred captured consistent attack-pattern signatures classified broadly as hacking activity, encompassing intrusion attempts, exploitation of insecure configurations, and unauthorized-access vectors. Despite the relatively recent first-reported date, the cumulative abuse magnitude elevates this address into the highest risk tier for any organization operating exposed services, particularly those accessible from Hong Kong-based routing paths or RELIABLESITE network infrastructure.
The hacking classification attached to this IP encompasses a spectrum of intrusion methodologies, from credential-guessing campaigns against authentication endpoints to vulnerability scanning and exploitation attempts against unpatched software. For an organization running an exposed SSH, RDP, HTTP, or database service, a source generating 180 hacking-category reports within weeks represents a concrete, ongoing risk of compromise, data exfiltration, or lateral movement within connected internal networks. The honeypot events specifically recorded against this address confirm active hostile intent rather than incidental scanning.
Defensive measures should include immediate blocking of this IP at the network perimeter firewall or through intrusion-prevention systems, implementation of fail2ban or equivalent rate-limiting tools to throttle repeated authentication attempts, enforcement of strong, multi-factor authentication on all externally accessible services, and continuous monitoring of authentication logs for any follow-on activity originating from adjacent address ranges operated by RELIABLESITE. Organizations should also ensure all exposed services are current on security patches and consider restricting access to known trusted IP ranges only.
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