# IP Intelligence Briefing: 51.68.107.150/32
Date: Current Analysis
Classification: Moderate Risk โ Cloud Infrastructure with Threat Indicators
Analyst: IPDebrief SOC Intelligence
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## Executive Summary
IP 51.68.107.150 is a French cloud infrastructure address owned by OVH SAS (ASN 16276) presenting moderate risk characteristics (Risk Score: 50/100). The IP resolves to automated crawler hostname patterns and exhibits threat indicators in recent observation history. The IP resides within a subnet showing elevated abuse activity (8 of 15 neighboring IPs flagged as threats), suggesting potential compromised hosting environment or coordinated malicious activity.
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## Infrastructure Profile
Ownership:
- Organization: OVH SAS (ASN 16276)
- Infrastructure Type: CloudCompute / Hosting Provider
- Geographic Location: France (FR), Europe/Paris timezone
- BGP Prefix: 51.68.0.0/16
Network Services:
- Open Ports: None detected (firewalled/no services exposed)
- DNS Resolution: crawl-xjou9a.mj12bot.com
- Hosted Domains: None
- TLS/HTTP Services: None detected
Classification Flags:
- Is Cloud: Yes
- Is Hosting: Yes
- Is CDN/Proxy/VPN/Residential: No
- Is Tor Exit Node: No
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## Threat Indicators
Current Risk Assessment:
- Risk Score: 50 (Moderate)
- Abuse Confidence Score: Not assigned
- Blacklist Count: 0
- DNSBL Listed: 2 of 8 total lists (dnsblListedCount)
Recent Observation History (23 total signals):
- 2026-06-19 05:08:50 UTC: Threat indicators detected via AlienVault OTX feed with 15 pulse associations
- 2026-06-18 13:00:27 UTC: Operator score 0.2609 (Basic classification)
- 2026-06-14 07:51:12 UTC: Confirmed OVH cloud hosting infrastructure
Behavioral Indicators:
- WAF Violations: 0
- Honeypot Hits: 0
- Enumeration Strikes: 0
- Threat Persistence Days: 0 (not persistently malicious)
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## Network Neighborhood Analysis
Subnet: 51.68.107.150/24
- Abuse Density: 0.5 (Moderate)
- Classification: Mixed
- Inherited Risk: 20/100
- Total Active Siblings: 16
- Threat-Sibling Count: 8 (50% of active neighbors)
High-Risk Neighboring IPs (Risk Score โฅ50):
- 51.68.107.138, 51.68.107.139, 51.68.107.141, 51.68.107.144, 51.68.107.146, 51.68.107.149, 51.68.107.151, 51.68.107.154, 51.68.107.156, 51.68.107.161
Risk Distribution in Subnet:
- High Risk: 0
- Medium Risk: 11
- Low Risk: 4
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## Relationship Graph
Primary Associations (46 total relationships):
- DNS Associations: Multiple records to crawl-xjou9a.mj12bot.com
- Network Association: OVH-DEDICATED-FO dedicated network
- Certificate Associations: 0
The hostname pattern (crawl-xjou9a.mj12bot.com) suggests automated web crawler activity, which may indicate:
- Legitimate indexing bot infrastructure
- Compromised hosting environment used for automated reconnaissance
- Suspicious automated activity pattern
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## Recommended Security Actions
Firewall Rules:
- Monitor inbound/outbound traffic on port 80/443
- Implement rate limiting for crawl requests
- Block outbound connections to known malicious domains associated with mj12bot.com
Threat Monitoring:
- Monitor for DNS queries to mj12bot.com domain
- Track traffic patterns to/from OVH cloud infrastructure in 51.68.0.0/16
- Alert on connections to neighboring threat IPs (51.68.107.138-149, 151, 154, 156, 161)
Investigation Priority:
- Medium โ Requires monitoring due to moderate risk score and neighborhood threat concentration
- The 50% threat-sibling ratio warrants ongoing surveillance of this subnet
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## Intelligence Assessment
This IP represents a moderate-risk cloud infrastructure address operating within a subnet showing elevated abuse activity. The combination of automated crawler hostname patterns, recent threat feed associations, and the 50% threat prevalence in the immediate neighborhood suggests this environment may be compromised or used for suspicious automated activities. SOC teams should monitor traffic patterns and consider blocking or rate-limiting connections from this IP and its high-risk neighbors.
This summary was generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Verify critical details independently.
๐ข Ownership & Registration
| Organization | OVH SAS |
| ASN | AS16276 |
| Network Name | โ |
| CIDR Block | โ |
| RIR | ARIN |
| Country | โ |
| Abuse Contact | Available via RDAP |
๐ DNS Intelligence
| PTR | crawl-xjou9a.mj12bot.com |
| Forward Confirmed | Yes โ FCrDNS verified |
| Forward Hostnames | crawl-xjou9a.mj12bot.com |
๐ DNS Hygiene
| Hygiene Score | 40% (Fair) |
| SPF | Not configured |
| DMARC | Not configured |
| FCrDNS | Verified |
| DNSSEC | Valid |
| CAA | Not configured |
โ๏ธ Network Classification
| Infrastructure | Infrastructure / Datacenter |
| Service Purpose | Multi-Service Host |
| Network Tier | Hosting โ Infrastructure provider without advanced routing |
๐ Services & Open Ports
| Port | Service | Protocol | Banner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | http | tcp | โ |
| 22 | ssh | tcp | |
| Closed Ports | 25, 443, 3389, 8080, 8443 (2 open / 7 scanned) | ||
| Server | Apache/2.4.62 (Rocky Linux) |
| HTTP Title | โ |
| SSH Version | SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_8.7 |
๐ TLS Certificate
| SANs | None |
| Valid From | โ |
| Valid Until | โ |
๐ฏ Confidence Breakdown
Per-dimension confidence scores based on source diversity and data freshness
| Dimension | Score | Sources | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| threat | 38% | 2 | 4 |
| routing | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 30% | 2 | 3 |
| ownership | 20% | 2 | 3 |
| reputation | 28% | 1 | 3 |
| geolocation | 39% | 2 | 3 |
| Overall | 28% | 10 | 17 |
| Data Coherence | Consistent (100%) |
| Attribution | Moderate (70%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
๐ Observation Timeline ๐ Live
| First Seen | 2026-05-07 23:04:26 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-06-27 07:13:02 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-06-28 01:18:45 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Live |
| Signal Types | 23 |
| Total Observations | 28 |
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