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# IP Intelligence Briefing: 98.85.225.159/32

## Executive Summary

The IP address 98.85.225.159/32 is assigned to Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the Northern Virginia region. The IP presents a moderate risk profile (65/100) with elevated risk indicators including DNSBL listings and routing instability. No active threat campaigns were detected.

## Ownership and Infrastructure

• Organization: Amazon Data Services Northern Virginia (AS14618)
• Network: AMAZON-IAD (98.80.0.0/13)
• Location: Ashburn, Virginia, US
• Service Purpose: Single-Service Host (EC2 instance)
• Registration: ARIN registry, allocated November 4, 2005

## Technical Profile

• DNS Resolution: ec2-98-85-225-159.compute-1.amazonaws.com (forward confirmed)
• Open Ports: 22/tcp (SSH) — OpenSSH_8.9p1 Ubuntu-3ubuntu0.16
• Email Authentication: SPF and DMARC records present
• TLS/Certificates: No TLS certificate detected
• Control Plane: BGP routing through AS34549 → AS16509 → AS14618; route stability flag set to false (1 change in 30 days)

## Risk Indicators

• Overall Risk Score: 65/100 (Moderate Risk)
• DNSBL Listings: 3 out of 8 total lists
• Geolocation Validation: RTT violation detected (30ms RTT vs 126.2ms minimum for 6,312km distance)
• Abuse Confidence Score: Not available
• Known Attacker Status: False
• Tor Exit Node: False
• Spam Source: False

## Historical Analysis

Observation history contains 25 signals. Recent observations (August 5, 2026) indicate:

• Operator score: 0.3478 (Basic)
• Route changes: 1 event in 30-day period
• Ownership changes: None recorded
• Threat observation count: 0
• Classification: Not persistently malicious

## Neighborhood Assessment

The /24 subnet (98.85.225.159/24) shows:

• Abuse Density: 0
• Classification: Clean
• Active Siblings: 0
• Threat Siblings: 0
• Total Siblings in Subnet: 1

## Network Relationships

All 16 relationship entries link to:

• EC2 hostname: ec2-98-85-225-159.compute-1.amazonaws.com
• Network: AMAZON-IAD

No external or suspicious associations were identified.

## Recommended Security Actions

Monitoring

• Action: Increase logging verbosity and review recent activity from this IP
• Severity: High (Elevated risk score 65/100)

Firewall Rules

iptables:

```

iptables -A INPUT -s 98.85.225.159 -j DROP

```

nftables:

```

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr 98.85.225.159 drop

```

nginx:

```

deny 98.85.225.159;

```

pfSense:

```

98.85.225.159/32

```

Cloudflare WAF:

```json

{

"description": "Block 98.85.225.159 — IPDebrief risk score 65",

"action": "block",

"filter": {"expression": "ip.src eq 98.85.225.159"}

}

```

AWS WAF:

```json

{

"Addresses": ["98.85.225.159/32"],

"Description": "IPDebrief risk 65"

}

```

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*This briefing is based on IPDebrief intelligence data. Recommendations are probabilistic and should be combined with additional signals before implementation.*

This summary was generated by AI and may contain inaccuracies. Verify critical details independently.