IP Intelligence Briefing: 115.78.226.174
Date: 2026-06-06
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**Risk Overview**
- Risk Score: 80/100 (High Risk)
- Ownership: Owned by VIETTEL-VN (APNIC, ASN 7552)
- Geolocation: Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City), inferred with 600km accuracy.
- Network Role: Firewalled / No Services (no open ports, no TLS/http banners).
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**Threat Indicators**
- No Malicious Activity: No DNS, TLS, or banner-based threats detected.
- Scanning Activity: Scanned on 2026-05-29 (no open ports found).
- Subnet Context: Part of 115.78.226.0/24, classified as mostly_clean with 1 abuse-dense sibling IP.
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**Neighbor Analysis**
- Subnet Abuse Density: 1/256 (low risk).
- Active Neighbors: 0; Threat Neighbors: 1 (potentially risky).
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**Recommended Actions**
1. Block the IP:
- Firewall Rules:
```bash
iptables -A INPUT -s 115.78.226.174 -j DROP
nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr 115.78.226.174 drop
```
- Cloud/WAF Rules:
- Cloudflare WAF: `{ "action": "block", "expression": "ip.src eq 115.78.226.174" }`
- AWS WAF: Add `115.78.226.174/32` to IP set.
2. Monitor Subnet: Investigate the 1 abuse-dense neighbor in the same /24 subnet.
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**Additional Notes**
- Provider Context: VIETTEL-VN is a Vietnamese ISP with no recent abuse reports.
- Historical Activity: No persistent malicious patterns; risk score elevated but no confirmed threats.
- Geolocation Validity: Plausible (RTT ~250ms, 9721km distance).
Next Steps: Verify if the IP is part of a larger network compromise and validate subnet-level anomalies.
This summary was generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Verify critical details independently.
๐ข Ownership & Registration
| Organization | IRT-VNNIC-AP |
| ASN | AS7552 |
| Network Name | โ |
| CIDR Block | โ |
| RIR | APNIC |
| Country | โ |
| Abuse Contact | Available via RDAP |
๐ DNS Intelligence
| PTR Record | No PTR |
| Forward Confirmed | No โ PTR hostname does not resolve back to this IP (weak signal) |
๐ DNS Hygiene
| Hygiene Score | 40% (Fair) |
| SPF | Not configured |
| DMARC | Not configured |
| FCrDNS | Not verified |
| DNSSEC | Valid |
| CAA | Present |
โ๏ธ Network Classification
| Infrastructure | Unknown |
| Service Purpose | Firewalled / No Services |
| Network Tier | Unknown โ Insufficient routing data to classify |
๐ Services & Open Ports
| Port | Service | Protocol | Banner |
|---|---|---|---|
| No open ports detected | |||
| Closed Ports | 22, 25, 80, 443, 3389, 8080, 8443 (0 open / 7 scanned) | ||
| Server | โ |
| HTTP Title | โ |
๐ TLS Certificate
| SANs | None |
| Valid From | โ |
| Valid Until | โ |
๐ฏ Confidence Breakdown
Per-dimension confidence scores based on source diversity and data freshness
| Dimension | Score | Sources | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| threat | 31% | 2 | 4 |
| routing | 17% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 27% | 2 | 3 |
| ownership | 30% | 2 | 3 |
| reputation | 26% | 1 | 3 |
| geolocation | 32% | 2 | 3 |
| Overall | 27% | 10 | 17 |
| Data Coherence | Consistent (100%) |
| Attribution | Moderate (50%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
๐ Observation Timeline ๐ Recent
| First Seen | 2026-05-13 19:03:33 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-06-26 18:10:26 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-06-12 14:32:03 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Recent |
| Signal Types | 21 |
| Total Observations | 23 |
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