66.249.66.193
IP Intelligence Dossier
Your IP: 216.73.216.123
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IP Intelligence Briefing: 66.249.66.193
Date: 2026-06-13
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**1. Risk Profile**
- Reputation: Moderate Risk (60/100)
- Ownership: Owned by Google LLC (ASN 15169, ARIN-regulated).
- Geolocation: United States (CA), 2500km accuracy radius.
- Network Role: Googlebot infrastructure (cloud compute, no services exposed).
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**2. Threat Indicators**
- No malicious activity detected: No indicators of exploitation, spam, or botnet activity.
- Honeypot Hit: 1 hit (potential automated scanning).
- DNS Associations: Linked to `crawl-66-249-66-193.googlebot.com` (Googlebot hostname).
- Subnet Abuse Density: Low (0.1429), with 2/14 neighbors flagged as high-risk.
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**3. Network Relationships**
- Same Network: Part of the GOOGLE ASN (66.249.64.0/19).
- DNS: Resolves to `crawl-66-249-66-193.googlebot.com` (valid, SPF/DMArc configured).
- Neighbors:
- High-risk neighbor: 66.249.66.8 (risk score 60).
- Most neighbors (14/15): Low risk (scores 0–25).
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**4. Observation History**
- Recent Activity (June 10–13, 2026):
- Classified as cloud compute (Google infrastructure).
- No sustained threats detected.
- One honeypot hit (likely benign automated scan).
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**5. Recommendations**
- Monitor Subnet: Track high-risk neighbors (e.g., 66.249.66.8) for anomalies.
- Allow Legitimate Traffic: Googlebot IPs are legitimate; no firewall blocking required.
- Verify DNS: Ensure DNS records for `crawl-66-249-66-193.googlebot.com` are valid.
- Investigate Honeypot Hit: Confirm if scanning activity is benign or part of a broader reconnaissance effort.
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Conclusion: This IP is a legitimate Googlebot crawler with low operational risk. Focus on monitoring its subnet for unusual activity. No immediate remediation required.
This summary was generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Verify critical details independently.
🛡️ Platform Security History
| Honeypot | Trap endpoint probes | 1 |
Total events: 1
Observed on 2026-06-10
🏢 Ownership & Registration
| Organization | Google LLC |
| ASN | AS15169 |
| Network Name | |
| CIDR Block | 66.249.64.0/19 |
| RIR | ARIN |
| Country | United States |
| Abuse Contact | Available via RDAP |
🌐 DNS Intelligence
| PTR | crawl-66-249-66-193.googlebot.com |
| Forward Confirmed | Yes — FCrDNS verified |
| Forward Hostnames | crawl-66-249-66-193.googlebot.com |
🔐 DNS Hygiene
| Hygiene Score | 100% (Excellent) |
| SPF | Present |
| DMARC | Present |
| FCrDNS | Verified |
| DNSSEC | Valid |
| CAA | Present |
☁️ Network Classification
| Infrastructure | Infrastructure / Datacenter |
| Service Purpose | Firewalled / No Services |
| Network Tier | Tier 3 — Basic operator with some routing infrastructure |
🔌 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
No certificate
Issued by —
N/A
| SANs | None |
| Valid From | — |
| Valid Until | — |
🎯 Confidence Breakdown
Per-dimension confidence scores based on source diversity and data freshness
| Dimension | Score | Sources | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| threat | 35% | 2 | 3 |
| routing | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 23% | 2 | 2 |
| ownership | 27% | 2 | 3 |
| reputation | 20% | 1 | 2 |
| geolocation | 23% | 2 | 2 |
| Overall | 24% | 10 | 13 |
Coverage: 6/6 dimensions · Data sufficiency: sufficient
| Data Coherence | Mostly Consistent (80%) — 1 contradiction(s) |
| Attribution | Moderate (55%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
⚠ Claimed geolocation contradicts RTT physics measurement
📅 Observation Timeline 🔄 Live
| First Seen | 2026-06-04 12:28:01 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-06-13 01:12:24 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-06-13 01:40:06 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Live |
| Signal Types | 21 |
| Total Observations | 30 |
🔍 21 signal types · 30 observations collected
This report is generated from 21+ independent intelligence signals including
ownership records, DNS analysis, BGP routing, TLS certificates, port scanning, threat feeds,
behavioral fingerprinting, and more.
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