THREAT INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Target: 168.144.161.50/32
Classification: Low Risk โ Cloud Infrastructure
Date: 2026-06-21
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**1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY**
IP 168.144.161.50 is a low-risk cloud infrastructure address belonging to DigitalOcean, LLC (ASN 14061). The IP presents minimal immediate threat indicators but exhibits periodic threat detection signals and limited DNS blacklist presence. SOC teams should maintain baseline monitoring without escalation.
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**2. OWNERSHIP & GEOLOCATION**
- Organization: DigitalOcean, LLC (ASN 14061)
- Network: NET-168-144-0-0-1 (168.144.0.0/16)
- Geolocation: AU / CO (Australia region, Cloudflare services)
- Infrastructure Type: CloudCompute / Hosting
- BGP Prefix: 168.144.160.0/20
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**3. RISK ASSESSMENT**
- Overall Risk Score: 25/100 (Low Risk)
- Provider Score: 0
- Authority Score: 0
- Abuse Confidence: Not applicable (cloud provider)
- DNSBL Status: Listed on 1 of 8 DNS blacklists
- Threat Persistence: Not persistently malicious
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**4. THREAT INDICATORS**
- Blacklist Count: 0 (direct abuse lists)
- Tor Exit Node: No
- Known Attacker: No
- Spam Source: No
- Active Threat Indicators: None currently active
- Historical Signals: 18 observations recorded, including recent alienvault-otx threat pulses (2026-06-21)
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**5. NETWORK BEHAVIOR**
- Open Ports: None detected (Firewalled / No Services)
- DNS Resolution: No PTR records; forward resolution inactive
- Service Banner: No HTTP/TLS services detected
- Network Role: Cloud compute infrastructure
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**6. NEIGHBORHOOD ANALYSIS**
- Subnet: 168.144.161.0/24
- Abuse Density: 1/10 (minimal)
- Subnet Classification: Mostly clean
- Threat Siblings: 1 identified in subnet
- Overall Inherited Risk: 2/10
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**7. OBSERVATION HISTORY**
Recent activity includes:
- 2026-06-21: Threat detection signals via alienvault-otx (3 pulse names)
- 2026-06-16: Port scanning activity detected
- Network classification consistently "mostly_clean"
- No ownership changes observed
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**8. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS**
SOC Analyst Actions:
- No immediate blocking required
- Monitor DNSBL listing status
- Correlate with subnet-level threat sibling (168.144.161.x)
- Baseline traffic patterns for cloud provider
Firewall Rules:
- No blocking rules recommended at this time
- Consider rate limiting if SYN flood patterns emerge
- Monitor for service activation
Priority: LOW โ Maintain passive monitoring posture
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Report Generated by IPDebrief Intelligence Platform
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๐ข Ownership & Registration
| Organization | DigitalOcean, LLC |
| ASN | AS14061 |
| Network Name | NET-168-144-0-0-1 |
| CIDR Block | 168.144.0.0/16 |
| RIR | ARIN |
| Country | United States |
| 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 | Infrastructure / Datacenter |
| Service Purpose | Firewalled / No Services |
| Network Tier | Hosting โ Infrastructure provider without advanced routing |
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 | 32% | 2 | 3 |
| routing | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 21% | 2 | 2 |
| ownership | 30% | 2 | 3 |
| reputation | 28% | 1 | 3 |
| geolocation | 19% | 2 | 2 |
| Overall | 24% | 10 | 14 |
| Data Coherence | Consistent (100%) |
| Attribution | Moderate (50%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
๐ Observation Timeline ๐ Live
| First Seen | 2026-06-04 06:35:16 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-06-21 11:14:00 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-06-21 11:21:21 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Live |
| Signal Types | 20 |
| Total Observations | 23 |
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