17.166.154.160
Intelligence Briefing: 17.166.154.160/32
Entity: Apple Inc. (AS714) | Network: APPLE-WWNET
Risk Level: Low Risk (Score: 25)
Summary:
The IP address was identified as legitimate infrastructure belonging to Apple Inc., located in Cupertino, California. Reverse DNS resolution confirmed the address as 17-166-154-160.applebot.apple.com, indicating use as an Applebot crawler. The target resided within a clean neighborhood (17.166.154.160/24) with zero abuse density and no associated threat siblings among 143 total peers.
Threat Assessment:
No threat indicators, blacklists, or active attack signatures were observed. The subnet classification remained clean with zero threat persistence. Behavioral analysis recorded zero incidents, enumeration strikes, or honeypot hits.
Services and Network Role:
No open ports or services were detected. The infrastructure was not classified as cloud, CDN, or proxy services.
Recommendation:
Security teams were advised to monitor traffic from this IP. The severity was rated low based on verified ownership and clean neighborhood status.
This summary was generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Verify critical details independently.
🏢 Ownership & Registration
| Organization | Apple Inc. |
| ASN | AS714 |
| Network Name | APPLE-WWNET |
| CIDR Block | 17.0.0.0/8 |
| RIR | ARIN |
| Country | United States |
| Abuse Contact | Available via RDAP |
🌐 DNS Intelligence
| PTR | 17-166-154-160.applebot.apple.com |
| Forward Confirmed | Yes — FCrDNS verified |
| Forward Hostnames | 17-166-154-160.applebot.apple.com |
🔐 DNS Hygiene
| Hygiene Score | 80% (Excellent) |
| SPF | Present |
| DMARC | Present |
| FCrDNS | Verified |
| DNSSEC | Not signed |
| CAA | Present |
☁️ Network Classification
| Infrastructure | Unknown |
| Service Purpose | Firewalled / No Services |
| Network Tier | Unknown — Insufficient routing data to classify |
🔌 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 | 25% | 1 | 1 |
| routing | 25% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 25% | 1 | 1 |
| ownership | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| reputation | 0% | 0 | 0 |
| geolocation | 25% | 1 | 1 |
| Overall | 16% | 4 | 4 |
| Data Coherence | Consistent (100%) |
| Attribution | Moderate (70%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
📅 Observation Timeline 🔄 Live
| First Seen | 2026-09-24 10:56:26 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-09-24 10:56:26 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-09-24 11:07:25 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Live |
| Signal Types | 21 |
| Total Observations | 21 |
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