## IP Intelligence Briefing: 162.243.237.185/32
Classification: Low Risk / Cloud Infrastructure
Generated: 2026-07-30
Analysis Period: Recent observations through 2026-07-30
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Executive Summary
IP 162.243.237.185 is a DigitalOcean cloud compute instance located in New York, US (AS14061). The IP presents as clean infrastructure with a low risk score of 25. No active threat indicators, open services, or malicious behavior have been observed. The subnet (162.243.237.0/24) shows zero abuse density and no sibling threat activity.
Key Findings
Infrastructure Profile
- Provider: DigitalOcean (CloudCompute)
- Geolocation: New York, US-NY
- BGP Prefix: 162.243.192.0/18 (Origin ASN 14061)
- Service Status: Firewall active / No open ports detected
- Network Classification: Cloud hosting, not CDN/VPN/Proxy/Tor
Threat Assessment
- Risk Score: 25/100 (Low)
- Abuse Confidence: Null
- Known Attacker: No
- Spam Source: No
- Blacklist Status: 0 direct blacklists; 1 DNSBL listing (of 8 checked)
- Campaign Correlation: No known campaign matches
Network Behavior
- Open Ports: None detected
- DNS Records: No PTR hostnames; no forward resolution
- TLS/HTTP Services: No active web services or certificates
- Honeypot Hits: 0
- WAF Violations: 0
Observation History
11 signal observations recorded through 2026-07-30. Activity includes:
- Geolocation confirmation (New York, US-NY) via transit hop be3471.ccr41.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com
- Infrastructure classification as DigitalOcean CloudCompute
- Traceroute analysis (30 hops, via Comcast/Cogent transit)
- Operator score classification: Minimal (0.1304)
No threat signal progression or behavioral changes detected over the observation period.
Relationships & Neighborhood
- Related Entities: None identified
- Subnet Analysis: 162.243.237.0/24
- Neighbor Count: 0
- Abuse Density: 0%
- Threat Siblings: 0
- Classification: Clean
Security Recommendations
Firewall Rules: No restrictive rules required based on current risk profile.
Monitoring Actions:
- Standard cloud infrastructure monitoring
- No immediate threat-based blocking or alerting necessary
Threat Intel Notes:
- IP exhibits normal cloud hosting behavior
- No correlation to known attack campaigns or threat actors
- Subnet shows no inherited risk or abuse patterns
- DNSBL listing appears to be benign (1 of 8 lists)
Conclusion: This IP represents legitimate cloud infrastructure with no actionable threat intelligence. SOC analysts may treat as benign traffic. No immediate defensive actions required.
This summary was generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Verify critical details independently.
π’ Ownership & Registration
| Organization | DigitalOcean, LLC |
| ASN | AS14061 |
| Network Name | DIGITALOCEAN-162-243-0-0 |
| CIDR Block | 162.243.0.0/16 |
| RIR | ARIN |
| Country | United States |
| Abuse Contact | Available via RDAP |
π DNS Intelligence
| PTR Record | No PTR |
| Forward Confirmed | No β PTR hostname does not resolve back to this IP (weak signal) |
π DNS Hygiene
| Hygiene Score | 20% (Poor) |
| SPF | Not configured |
| DMARC | Not configured |
| FCrDNS | Not verified |
| DNSSEC | Valid |
| CAA | Not configured |
βοΈ Network Classification
| Infrastructure | Infrastructure / Datacenter |
| Service Purpose | Firewalled / No Services |
| Network Tier | Hosting β Infrastructure provider without advanced routing |
π 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 | β |
| HTTP Title | β |
π TLS Certificate
| SANs | None |
| Valid From | β |
| Valid Until | β |
π― Confidence Breakdown
Per-dimension confidence scores based on source diversity and data freshness
| Dimension | Score | Sources | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| threat | 31% | 2 | 4 |
| routing | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 19% | 2 | 2 |
| ownership | 30% | 2 | 3 |
| reputation | 28% | 1 | 3 |
| geolocation | 19% | 1 | 2 |
| Overall | 23% | 9 | 15 |
| Data Coherence | Consistent (100%) |
| Attribution | Moderate (50%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
π Observation Timeline π Live
| First Seen | 2026-07-26 21:27:53 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-08-12 20:57:14 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-08-12 21:06:59 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Live |
| Signal Types | 19 |
| Total Observations | 20 |
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