IP Intelligence Briefing: 118.196.56.74
Date: 2026-06-02
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**1. Profile Summary**
- Risk Score: 50 (Moderate Risk)
- Provider: ASN 4811 (IRT-VOLCANO-ENGINE-CN)
- Geolocation: Beijing, Haidian, China (CN)
- Network Role: Firewalled / No Services (no open ports, no TLS/HTTP indicators)
- Threat Indicators: No active threats, spam, or known attacker campaigns.
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**2. Observation History**
- Recent Activity (Last 30 Days):
- 17 total observations, with 12 unique signals.
- Geolocation inferred to China (confidence: 0.52).
- DNSSEC validated, but listed in 2 DNSBLs (potential abuse risk).
- No persistent malicious behavior or campaign correlations.
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**3. Network Relationships**
- Linked Entities:
- Subnet: `118.196.56.0/21` (part of `VOLCANO-ENGINE` network).
- No direct connections to known malicious organizations or subnets.
- Control Plane:
- BGP prefix: `118.196.56.0/21` (AS4811).
- Route stability: Unstable (30-day route changes: 0, but flagged as unstable).
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**4. Neighborhood Analysis**
- Subnet: `118.196.56.74/24` (clean classification).
- Neighbor Risk:
- 1 active sibling IP (`118.196.56.87`) with a low risk score (25).
- Subnet abuse density: 0% (no malicious activity detected in neighbors).
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**5. Recommendations**
- Monitoring: Track DNSBL listings and geolocation consistency.
- Firewall: Consider blocking based on risk score if further threats emerge.
- Network: Investigate the `VOLCANO-ENGINE` subnet for potential larger network activity.
Note: No immediate action required, but continuous monitoring is advised due to moderate risk and DNSBL associations.
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๐ข Ownership & Registration
| Organization | IRT-VOLCANO-ENGINE-CN |
| ASN | AS4811 |
| Network Name | VOLCANO-ENGINE |
| CIDR Block | 118.196.0.0/15 |
| RIR | APNIC |
| Country | CN |
| 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 | 20% (Poor) |
| SPF | Not configured |
| DMARC | Not configured |
| FCrDNS | Not verified |
| DNSSEC | Valid |
| CAA | Not configured |
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 | 35% | 2 | 4 |
| routing | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 15% | 2 | 2 |
| ownership | 27% | 2 | 3 |
| reputation | 30% | 1 | 3 |
| geolocation | 21% | 2 | 2 |
| Overall | 23% | 10 | 15 |
| Data Coherence | Consistent (100%) |
| Attribution | Moderate (50%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
๐ Observation Timeline ๐ Fresh
| First Seen | 2026-05-07 23:03:34 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-06-26 02:14:41 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-06-22 23:43:29 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Fresh |
| Signal Types | 19 |
| Total Observations | 22 |
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