198.244.226.128
IP Intelligence Briefing: 198.244.226.128/32
*Last Updated: 2026-06-15*
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**1. Core Profile**
- Reputation: Moderate Risk (Risk Score: 50)
- Ownership:
- Organization: Ahrefs Pte Ltd (AS16276)
- Geolocation: London, England, UK (inferred via DNS and network signals)
- Network Role:
- Cloud Compute instance (OVH infrastructure)
- No public services or TLS certificates detected
- No known malicious activity (no threat indicators, blacklists, or campaigns)
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**2. Observation History**
- Signal Stability: Minimal changes over the past 7 days.
- Key Trends:
- Consistent "Minimal" risk rating (operator score: 0.2174).
- High abuse density in its /24 subnet (0.5078), classified as high_abuse.
- No spikes in scanning, DNS anomalies, or geolocation inconsistencies.
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**3. Relationships**
- DNS Associations:
- Linked to `proxy-uk002-san128.ahrefs.net` (Ahrefs' infrastructure).
- Network Connections:
- Part of OVH-managed subnet `198.244.226.128/24`.
- Subnet has 130 threat siblings (256 total IPs, 141 active).
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**4. Neighborhood Analysis**
- Subnet Risk:
- Abuse Density: 50.78% (high_abuse classification).
- Threat Siblings: 130 IPs flagged as risky.
- Neighbor Risk Distribution:
- 85% of neighbors classified as medium risk (score 40–50).
- 15% classified as low risk (score 25–40).
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**5. Recommendations**
- Monitoring:
- Monitor the `198.244.226.128/24` subnet for lateral movement or unusual traffic patterns.
- Validate DNS associations with Ahrefs' infrastructure to ensure no spoofing.
- Mitigation:
- Consider network segmentation to isolate high-risk subnets.
- Apply granular firewall rules to restrict access to this IP if it hosts sensitive services.
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*No immediate actionable threats detected, but subnet-level risks warrant closer scrutiny.*
This summary was generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Verify critical details independently.
🏢 Ownership & Registration
| Organization | Ahrefs Pte Ltd Dmytro |
| ASN | AS16276 |
| Network Name | — |
| CIDR Block | — |
| RIR | ARIN |
| Country | — |
| Abuse Contact | Available via RDAP |
🌐 DNS Intelligence
| PTR | proxy-uk002-san128.ahrefs.net |
| Forward Confirmed | No — PTR hostname does not resolve back to this IP (weak signal) |
| Forward Hostnames | proxy-uk002-san128.ahrefs.net |
🔐 DNS Hygiene
| Hygiene Score | 40% (Fair) |
| SPF | Not configured |
| DMARC | Not configured |
| FCrDNS | Not verified |
| DNSSEC | Valid |
| CAA | Present |
☁️ Network Classification
| Infrastructure | Infrastructure / Datacenter |
| Service Purpose | Firewalled / No Services |
| Network Tier | Hosting — Infrastructure provider without advanced routing |
🔌 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 | 33% | 2 | 3 |
| routing | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 15% | 2 | 2 |
| ownership | 20% | 2 | 3 |
| reputation | 22% | 1 | 2 |
| geolocation | 33% | 2 | 3 |
| Overall | 23% | 10 | 14 |
| Data Coherence | Consistent (100%) |
| Attribution | Moderate (50%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
📅 Observation Timeline 🔄 Live
| First Seen | 2026-05-18 03:22:28 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-06-28 06:12:07 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-06-29 00:16:33 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Live |
| Signal Types | 21 |
| Total Observations | 26 |
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