IP Threat Report
172.213.153.79

🔎 Directory Scan Defense

IP 172.213.153.79 is enumerating directories. Configure fail2ban apache-404 jail after 10+ 404 errors. Disable directory listings. Normalize all 404 responses.

🌊 Traffic Flood Defense

IP 172.213.153.79 is generating excessive traffic. Limit connections per source IP. Enable geographic blocking if traffic from this region is unexpected.

🤖 Bot Detection

Address UA spoofing from 172.213.153.79: maintain blocklist of known malicious UA strings, require consistent UA across sessions, implement TLS fingerprinting.

172.213.153.79 has been assigned a threat score of 280/100 (Critical). A score this high marks a critical threat actor. This address has demonstrated persistent, aggressive malicious behavior across multiple detection vectors.

📊 Threat Analysis

Threat intelligence analysis has linked 172.213.153.79 to malicious activity originating from Milan, Italy, operating on the network of Microsoft Corporation. The address has been under observation since its initial detection. During its 8-day observation window, we recorded 4,344 hostile requests from this IP — roughly 543 per day on average. The IP is classified as hosting/datacenter infrastructure, commonly associated with rented servers used for automated attack campaigns, botnet command-and-control, or vulnerability scanning at scale. The combination of 3 distinct attack vectors indicates a sophisticated, multi-pronged threat actor deploying automated tools that probe multiple attack surfaces simultaneously. Italy currently accounts for 110 blocked IPs in our database, making it a significant source of malicious traffic. With a threat score of 280/100, this IP is among the most dangerous addresses in our database. Immediate and complete blocking is strongly recommended.