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# IP Intelligence Briefing: 142.44.233.98/32

Date: 2026-06-28

Status: Active Monitoring Required

Risk Level: Moderate (Score: 40)

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## Executive Summary

IP address 142.44.233.98 is a cloud-hosted infrastructure endpoint associated with OVH provider and the Ahrefs.net domain ecosystem. The IP demonstrates moderate risk characteristics with no active threat indicators but exists within a high-abuse-density subnet. Recommended for monitoring but no immediate blocking required.

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## Technical Profile

DNS Resolution:

• PTR Hostname: proxy-ca003-san98.ahrefs.net
• Forward Resolution: proxy-ca003-san98.ahrefs.net
• Domain: ahrefs.net

Service Status: No open ports detected. Service classification: Firewalled / No Services.

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## Threat Intelligence

Current Threat Indicators:

• Blacklist Count: 0
• Is Tor Exit: No
• Is Known Attacker: No
• Is Spam Source: No
• Active Threat Feeds: None

Control Plane Analysis:

• Route Stability: False
• DNSSEC Valid: True
• DNSBL Listed: 1 of 8 total lists
• Operator Score: 0.2174 (Minimal)

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## Neighborhood Assessment

Subnet: 142.44.233.0/24

• Total Siblings: 256
• Active Siblings: 210
• Threat Siblings: 193
• Abuse Density: 0.7539 (High Abuse Classification)
• Inherited Risk: 30

Risk Distribution in Subnet:

• High Risk: 0
• Medium Risk: 96
• Low Risk: 4

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## Observation History

Recent signals indicate:

• June 28, 2026: Confirmed cloud infrastructure, OVH provider, hosting classification (90% confidence)
• June 20, 2026: High abuse density classification, cloud compute infrastructure (85% confidence)
• Consistent provider: OVH across all observations
• No malicious behavioral patterns observed

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## Relationships

Connected Entities: 48 relationships identified

• Primary: Same Network relationships to OVH-CUST-281059682
• No certificate or hostname correlations requiring immediate attention

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## Recommended Actions

Immediate:

1. Monitor - No active threat indicators warrant immediate blocking

2. Allow List Consideration - Domain ahrefs.net is legitimate SEO analytics service; verify if this IP is part of expected traffic patterns

Firewall Rules (iptables/nftables):

```bash

# Allow established connections

iptables -A INPUT -s 142.44.233.98 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

# Log and monitor new connections

iptables -A INPUT -s 142.44.233.98 -j LOG --log-prefix "AHREFS_IP:"

```

WAF/Cloudflare:

• No specific rules required at this time
• Monitor for unusual request patterns from this IP range

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## Intelligence Assessment

Risk Mitigation Score: 40/100

Threat Persistence: Low (no persistent malicious activity observed)

Campaign Likelihood: None

Correlated IPs: 0

Key Findings:

• IP is legitimate hosting infrastructure for Ahrefs.net ecosystem
• No evidence of malicious activity
• Subnet shows elevated abuse density (75.39%) indicating shared hosting environment
• No blacklisting or known attacker indicators

Recommended Priority: Low - Monitor for activity changes; no immediate action required.

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*Report generated by IPDebrief Intelligence Platform*

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