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# IP Intelligence Briefing: 197.255.205.25/32

## Executive Summary

IP address 197.255.205.25 is classified as High Risk (Risk Score: 70/100). The address is owned by Simon Abraham under ASN 37323 and is located in Banjul, Gambia (GM). The IP is firewalled with no open services and resolves to netpagedns.net. While the IP shows elevated risk, no active threat campaigns or known malicious activity were detected.

## Profile Details

## Threat Indicators

• Known Attacker: No
• Spam Source: No
• Tor Exit Node: No
• Malware/Phishing: No
• Campaign Association: None detected
• Threat Feeds: No matches

## Neighborhood Analysis (197.255.205.0/24)

The /24 subnet contains 11 sibling IPs with a risk distribution of 8 medium-risk and 3 low-risk addresses. Key observations:

Abuse density for the subnet is 0. No inherited risk signals were detected.

## Observation History

Thirteen observations were recorded as of 2026-07-30. The IP has demonstrated:

• Stable ownership with zero ownership changes
• Consistent geolocation (Banjul, Gambia)
• No persistent malicious behavior
• No threat observation events

## Network Control Plane

• Route Stability: False (non-stable routing)
• BGP Prefix: 197.255.205.0/24
• RPKI State: Not evaluated
• IRR Consistency: Not evaluated
• DNSSEC Valid: True
• MOAS: Not evaluated
• Route Changes (30d): 0

## Recommended Actions

Immediate

1. Block at perimeter firewall — IPDebrief recommends blocking this address based on risk score 70/100

2. Increase logging verbosity — Monitor for any traffic attempts from this IP

Firewall Rules

iptables:

```

iptables -A INPUT -s 197.255.205.25 -j DROP

```

nftables:

```

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr 197.255.205.25 drop

```

nginx:

```

deny 197.255.205.25;

```

pfSense:

```

197.255.205.25/32

```

Cloudflare WAF:

```json

{

"description": "Block 197.255.205.25 — IPDebrief risk score 70",

"action": "block",

"filter": {

"expression": "ip.src eq 197.255.205.25"

}

}

```

AWS WAF:

```json

{

"Addresses": ["197.255.205.25/32"],

"Description": "IPDebrief risk 70"

}

```

## Intelligence Assessment

While 197.255.205.25 shows elevated risk scores, the absence of active threat indicators, open services, and campaign associations suggests this IP may be associated with low-level abuse or reputation issues rather than active malicious operations. The subnet shows moderate risk concentration with multiple medium-risk siblings. Recommend monitoring the 197.255.205.0/24 subnet for correlated activity and consider implementing subnet-level filtering if risk persists.

Priority: Monitor/Block

Classification: High Risk

Last Updated: 2026-07-30

This summary was generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Verify critical details independently.