142.44.225.232
## IP Intelligence Briefing: 142.44.225.232/32
Classification: Moderate Risk (Score: 40) | Infrastructure: OVH Cloud Hosting | Last Updated: 2026-06-17
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Executive Summary
IP 142.44.225.232 is a cloud infrastructure address hosted by OVH (ASN: 16276) under the ahrefs.net domain. The IP resolves to PTR hostname proxy-ca017-san232.ahrefs.net and is associated with a high-abuse subnet (142.44.225.0/24) exhibiting 68.75% abuse density. No active malicious threat indicators detected; however, geolocation data is inconsistent and the subnet shows elevated risk from neighboring addresses.
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Infrastructure Profile
- Provider: OVH (Infrastructure Type: CloudCompute)
- Organization: Dmytro, Ahrefs Pte Ltd
- Network Block: 142.44.225.0/24 (OVH-CUST-281059696)
- Geolocation: Claims Canada (QC), city reported as Singapore
- Geolocation Validation: FAILED — RTT anomaly (27ms observed vs. 112ms minimum possible for 5,598km distance)
- Services: No open ports, no TLS certificates, no HTTP services detected
- DNSBL Status: Listed on 1 of 8 threat feeds
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Threat Assessment
- Risk Score: 40/100 (Moderate)
- Known Attacks: None detected
- Campaign Association: None
- Tor Exit: No
- Spam Source: No
- Abuse Confidence Score: Not applicable
- Threat Persistence: 0 days (transient observation)
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Neighborhood Risk Analysis
- Subnet Classification: High Abuse
- Abuse Density: 0.6875 (68.75%)
- Total Siblings: 256 IPs
- Active Siblings: 206
- Threat Siblings: 176
- Risk Distribution: 98 medium-risk, 2 low-risk, 0 high-risk neighbors
The subnet demonstrates elevated abuse activity with 68.75% of addresses flagged for abuse. This contextual risk should inform traffic handling decisions.
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Relationship Graph
- Total Relationships: 49
- Primary Association: OVH-CUST-281059696 (Same Network)
- Linked Entity: ahrefs.net domain
- Network Classification: Consistent with OVH cloud infrastructure
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Historical Observations (22 Total Signals)
Recent monitoring shows:
- Consistent high_abuse classification across subnet observations
- Persistent geolocation inconsistencies (CA/Singapore mismatch)
- Stable DNS resolution to ahrefs.net
- No escalation in threat indicators
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Recommended Actions
1. Traffic Handling: Monitor inbound/outbound traffic for suspicious patterns; no immediate block required
2. Geolocation Validation: Flag for manual review due to RTT/geolocation inconsistency
3. Subnet Awareness: Be aware of elevated risk in 142.44.225.0/24 subnet (68.75% abuse density)
4. DNS Verification: Confirm PTR record consistency with actual traffic sources
SOC Priority: Medium — Monitor due to subnet risk; no immediate threat indicators present.
This summary was generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Verify critical details independently.
🏢 Ownership & Registration
| Organization | Dmytro, Ahrefs Pte Ltd |
| ASN | AS16276 |
| Network Name | OVH-CUST-281059696 |
| CIDR Block | 142.44.225.0/24 |
| RIR | ARIN |
| Country | Singapore |
| Abuse Contact | — |
🌐 DNS Intelligence
| PTR | proxy-ca017-san232.ahrefs.net |
| Forward Confirmed | No — PTR hostname does not resolve back to this IP (weak signal) |
| Forward Hostnames | proxy-ca017-san232.ahrefs.net |
🔐 DNS Hygiene
| Hygiene Score | 40% (Fair) |
| SPF | Not configured |
| DMARC | Not configured |
| FCrDNS | Not verified |
| DNSSEC | Valid |
| CAA | Present |
☁️ Network Classification
| Infrastructure | Infrastructure / Datacenter |
| Service Purpose | Firewalled / No Services |
| Network Tier | Hosting — Infrastructure provider without advanced routing |
🔌 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 | — |
| HTTP Title | — |
🔐 TLS Certificate
| SANs | None |
| Valid From | — |
| Valid Until | — |
🎯 Confidence Breakdown
Per-dimension confidence scores based on source diversity and data freshness
| Dimension | Score | Sources | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| threat | 24% | 2 | 4 |
| routing | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 12% | 2 | 2 |
| ownership | 15% | 2 | 2 |
| reputation | 28% | 1 | 3 |
| geolocation | 37% | 2 | 3 |
| Overall | 22% | 10 | 15 |
| Data Coherence | Mostly Consistent (80%) — 1 contradiction(s) |
| Attribution | Low (35%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
📅 Observation Timeline 🔄 Live
| First Seen | 2026-05-07 23:03:43 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-06-26 23:00:05 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-06-27 19:12:47 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Live |
| Signal Types | 22 |
| Total Observations | 30 |
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