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# IP Intelligence Briefing: 46.166.172.194/32

Classification: LOW RISK – Defensive Monitoring Recommended

Report Date: 2026-07-30

## Executive Summary

IP address 46.166.172.194 is a low-risk infrastructure endpoint hosted by Cherry Servers (ASN 16125) in Siauliai, Lithuania. The IP demonstrates no active threat indicators, zero blacklist associations, and operates within a clean subnet environment with an abuse density score of 0. Network activity is consistent with legitimate hosting operations.

## Threat Profile Assessment

• Risk Score: 0/100
• Abuse Confidence Score: Not applicable (no malicious activity observed)
• Blacklist Count: 0
• Campaign Correlation: None identified
• Threat Persistence: Not persistent
• Known Campaigns: 0 matches

## Infrastructure Details

## Network Services & Fingerprint

• Open Ports: TCP/22 (SSH)
• SSH Banner: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_9.2p1 Debian-2+deb12u10
• TLS Certificate: None detected
• HTTP Service: Not detected
• DNSSEC: Validated
• Operator Classification: Basic (Operator Score: 0.2609)

## Neighborhood Analysis

The /24 subnet 46.166.172.194/24 exhibits clean security characteristics:

• Abuse Density: 0
• Total Siblings: 5 (including subject IP)
• Threat Siblings: 0
• Classification: Clean

Adjacent IP Risk Distribution:

All neighboring IPs maintain low-to-medium risk profiles with no high-risk concentrations.

## Historical Signal Analysis

• Total Observations: 18 signal events
• Recent Activity:

- Geolocation validation (RTT: 131.6ms, 1145km distance)

- Ownership confirmation (Cherry Servers NOC)

- Port scanning activity (SSH detected)

- No ownership changes detected

• Malicious Behavior Indicators:

- Threat Observation Count: 0

- Persistently Malicious: False

- Threat Persistence Days: 0

## Relationship Graph

Eight relationships identified:

• DNS Associations: 4 entries pointing to ip-46-166-172-194.009.ptr.cherryservers.net
• Network Associations: 2 entries for net-207177-284086-239806
• No external entity associations (organizations, certificates, or linked hosts)

## Security Recommendations

Acceptable Traffic:

• Permit inbound/outbound SSH (port 22) from trusted sources
• Allow DNS traffic to/from cherryservers.net

Monitoring Triggers:

• Unusual outbound connection patterns
• Non-standard port activity
• SSH brute force attempts
• Port scanning from external sources

Actionable Firewall Rules (iptables example):

```bash

# Allow SSH from trusted sources

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -s [trusted_networks] -j ACCEPT

# Block all other inbound traffic

iptables -A INPUT -j DROP

# Allow DNS responses

iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT

```

SOC Monitoring Priority:

LOW – This IP represents a legitimate hosting endpoint with no evidence of malicious activity. Routine monitoring is appropriate; immediate alerting is not warranted unless behavioral changes are observed.

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Sources: IPDebrief Intelligence Platform

Data Freshness: Current as of 2026-07-30

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