## IP Intelligence Briefing: 8.229.105.114/32
Executive Summary
Risk Assessment: LOW RISK (Score: 0/100)
Classification: Google Cloud Infrastructure
Geolocation: New York, NY, US
Recommendation: No blocking required; monitor as benign cloud infrastructure.
Infrastructure Profile
- Provider: Google Cloud (AS396982)
- BGP Prefix: 8.229.0.0/16
- Network Role: Firewalled / No Services
- DNS Resolution: 114.105.229.8.bc.googleusercontent.com (googleusercontent.com)
- Email Infrastructure: SPF and DMARC configured
- Cloud/Infrastructure Flags: IsCloud: false, IsCdn: false, IsVpn: false, IsProxy: false
Threat Intelligence Indicators
- Abuse Confidence Score: None reported
- Blacklist Status: Not listed (0/8 DNSBL lists)
- Threat Feeds: Clean
- Tor Exit Node: No
- Known Attacker: No
- Spam Source: No
- Campaign Associations: None detected
- Open Ports/Services: None detected
Historical Observation Analysis
Total Observations: 16 signals over monitoring period
Most Recent Activity: 2026-07-29 19:09:00 UTC
Key Historical Signals:
1. Organization ownership consistently registered to Google LLC via ARIN (confidence: 0.90)
2. ASN registration for 8.228.0.0/14 block (GOOGL-2) (confidence: 0.95)
3. AlienVault OTX correlation showing minimal threat activity (pulse count: 1, confidence: 0.75)
4. DNS CAA records and googleusercontent.com domain associations confirmed (confidence: 0.80)
Temporal Analysis: No ownership changes detected. No persistent malicious behavior observed. Threat persistence days: 0.
Relationship Graph
Active Relationships: 1
- DNS Association: 114.105.229.8.bc.googleusercontent.com (reverse DNS hostname)
- No organizational, subnet, or certificate relationships beyond DNS
Neighborhood Analysis (8.229.105.0/24)
- Abuse Density: 0 (clean subnet)
- Subnet Classification: Clean
- Total Sibling IPs: 2
- Threat Siblings: 0
- Inherited Risk: 0
Identified Neighbor:
- IP: 8.229.105.3
- Risk Score: 25 (low)
- Authority Score: 90 (high confidence)
- Status: Likely legitimate Google Cloud service IP
Recommended Security Actions
Action: No blocking required. IP is associated with legitimate Google Cloud infrastructure with no malicious indicators.
Firewall Rules: None required.
Monitoring Guidance: Continue standard monitoring. The IP shows characteristics consistent with Google Cloud infrastructure hosting services. The neighbor IP 8.229.105.3 (risk: 25) may warrant standard monitoring but does not indicate coordinated abuse.
SOC Analyst Notes
This IP address (8.229.105.114) represents legitimate Google Cloud infrastructure with zero malicious indicators. The absence of open ports, clean blacklist status, and consistent Google LLC ownership registration indicate benign cloud-hosted services. The single DNS relationship points to googleusercontent.com, a known Google service domain for user-generated content. No correlation with known threat campaigns, attacker IPs, or spam sources detected.
Verdict: Benign infrastructure IP. No security action required.
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*Data sourced from IPDebrief intelligence platform. Analysis performed 2026-07-29.*
This summary was generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Verify critical details independently.
π’ Ownership & Registration
| Organization | Google LLC |
| ASN | AS396982 |
| Network Name | GOOGL-2 |
| CIDR Block | 8.228.0.0/14 |
| RIR | ARIN |
| Country | United States |
| Abuse Contact | Available via RDAP |
π DNS Intelligence
| PTR | 114.105.229.8.bc.googleusercontent.com |
| Forward Confirmed | Yes β FCrDNS verified |
| Forward Hostnames | 114.105.229.8.bc.googleusercontent.com |
π DNS Hygiene
| Hygiene Score | 100% (Excellent) |
| SPF | Present |
| DMARC | Present |
| FCrDNS | Verified |
| DNSSEC | Valid |
| CAA | Present |
βοΈ Network Classification
| Infrastructure | Infrastructure / Datacenter |
| Service Purpose | Firewalled / No Services |
| Network Tier | Tier 3 β Basic operator with some routing infrastructure |
π 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 | β |
| HTTP Title | β |
π TLS Certificate
| SANs | None |
| Valid From | β |
| Valid Until | β |
π― Confidence Breakdown
Per-dimension confidence scores based on source diversity and data freshness
| Dimension | Score | Sources | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|
| threat | 36% | 2 | 4 |
| routing | 13% | 1 | 1 |
| services | 19% | 2 | 2 |
| ownership | 30% | 2 | 3 |
| reputation | 28% | 1 | 3 |
| geolocation | 27% | 2 | 2 |
| Overall | 25% | 10 | 15 |
| Data Coherence | Consistent (100%) |
| Attribution | Moderate (70%) |
| OwnershipFCrDNSGeo ConsensusGeo PlausibleIRR MatchRPKI Valid |
π Observation Timeline π Live
| First Seen | 2026-07-23 13:57:27 UTC |
| Last Seen | 2026-08-12 17:48:18 UTC |
| Profile Built | 2026-08-12 17:59:36 UTC |
| Data Freshness | Live |
| Signal Types | 24 |
| Total Observations | 25 |
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