23.52.99.44
Intelligence Briefing: 23.52.99.44/32
The target was identified as an Akamai Technologies Content Delivery Network (CDN) node situated in Boston, Massachusetts. Reputation analysis assigned a Low Risk score of 25.
Network role assessment confirmed the infrastructure was firewalled with no open ports or active services exposed. DNS records resolved successfully to a static Akamai hostname with confirmed forward resolution.
Behavioral analysis recorded zero incidents, honeypot hits, or enumeration strikes. Despite a classification of "Suspicious Host," no specific attack campaigns or malware indicators were detected within the threat data.
Technical evaluation noted DNS hygiene was Poor due to missing SPF and DMARC records. Control plane data linked the origin to ASN 20940.
The recommendation was to Monitor the address with Low severity, noting low-grade risk indicators were present but no specific threat actor attribution was confirmed.
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🏢 Ownership & Registration
| Organization | Akamai Technologies, Inc. |
| ASN | AS20940 |
| Network Name | AKAMAI |
| CIDR Block | 23.32.0.0/11 |
| RIR | ARIN |
| Country | United States |
| Abuse Contact | Available via RDAP |
🌐 DNS Intelligence
| PTR | a23-52-99-44.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com |
| Forward Confirmed | Yes — FCrDNS verified |
| Forward Hostnames | a23-52-99-44.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com |
🔐 DNS Hygiene
| Hygiene Score | 20% (Poor) |
| SPF | 0/12 domains |
| DMARC | 0/12 domains |
| FCrDNS | Verified |
| DNSSEC | Not signed |
| CAA | Not configured |
| Domains Checked | 12 domains |
☁️ Network Classification
| Infrastructure | Infrastructure / Datacenter |
| Service Purpose | Web Server |
| Network Tier | Tier 3 — Basic operator with some routing infrastructure |
🔌 Services & Open Ports
| Port | Service | Protocol | Banner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | http | tcp | — |
| 443 | https | tcp | — |
| Closed Ports | 22, 25, 3389, 8080, 8443 (2 open / 7 scanned) | ||
| Server | AkamaiGHost |
| HTTP Title | — |
🔐 TLS Certificate
| SANs | a248.e.akamai.net*.akamaized.net*.akamaized-staging.net*.akamaihd.net*.akamaihd-staging.net |
| Valid From | 2025-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Valid Until | 2026-12-22T23:59:59+00:00 |
| TLS Protocol | Tls13 |
| Cipher Suite | TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 |
| Signature Algorithm | sha384ECDSA |
| Validity Period | 365 days |
| Serial Number | 0373AB420F54941B555742D9AC890626 |
| Thumbprint | 80B29FCE36F71B99CDBB7138B2107D022D478AF9 |
🎯 Confidence Breakdown
Per-dimension confidence scores based on source diversity and data freshness
| Dimension | Score | Sources | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| threat | 40% | 2 | 7 |
| routing | 27% | 2 | 3 |
| services | 38% | 2 | 5 |
| ownership | 35% | 3 | 5 |
| reputation | 31% | 1 | 6 |
| geolocation | 37% | 2 | 6 |
| Overall | 35% | 12 | 32 |
| Data Coherence | Mostly Consistent (80%) — 1 contradiction(s) |
| Attribution | Moderate (55%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
📅 Observation Timeline 🔄 Live
| First Seen | 2026-09-06 21:33:51 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-09-22 23:48:14 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-09-23 00:05:53 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Live |
| Signal Types | 30 |
| Total Observations | 61 |
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