ABUSE.MOM
THREAT REPORT

IP Threat Report
20.43.58.61

ABUSE.MOM — BEHAVE OR GET EXPOSED

Generated: 2026-05-30 09:14:59
First seen: 2026-02-17 23:10:04
Last seen: 2026-02-23 01:00:08
280

⛔ Verdict: BLOCK

This IP address has been classified as a source of malicious automated activity. Threat score: 280/100. Total malicious requests observed: 94.

UA_SUSDANGER_PATHBURSTRATIO_404REDIRECT_PROBE
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Geolocation & Classification

IP Address
20.43.58.61
Type
Hosting
Country
🇫🇷 France
City
Paris
ISP
Microsoft Corporation
Organization
Microsoft Azure Cloud (francecentral)
Autonomous System
AS8075 Microsoft Corporation
Hit Count
94
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Detection Signatures

SignatureDescriptionPointsSeverity
UA suspicious (short/empty)Behavioral anomaly detected by automated analysis+15
Danger strong hits: 12High-risk paths: shells, RCE vectors, exploits+100
Danger medium hits: 40Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 50 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 60 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger strong hits: 1High-risk paths: shells, RCE vectors, exploits+25
Danger medium hits: 1Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+10
Burst: 43 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 59 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger strong hits: 8High-risk paths: shells, RCE vectors, exploits+100
404 ratio 40-60%Majority of requests returned 404 — enumeration+15
Probe pattern 302->404 same pathBehavioral anomaly detected by automated analysis+20
Burst: 38 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 40 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 47 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger strong hits: 16High-risk paths: shells, RCE vectors, exploits+100
Danger medium hits: 60Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 48 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 80 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 36 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 54 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 39Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 53 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 54 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 49 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 42 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger strong hits: 3High-risk paths: shells, RCE vectors, exploits+75
Danger medium hits: 2Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+20
Burst: 51 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 40 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 39 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 44 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 250Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 167 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger strong hits: 2High-risk paths: shells, RCE vectors, exploits+50
Burst: 160 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 125Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
404 ratio >= 60%Majority of requests returned 404 — enumeration+25
Burst: 125 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger strong hits: 4High-risk paths: shells, RCE vectors, exploits+100
Danger medium hits: 375Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 56 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 156 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 97Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 127 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 152Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 133 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 36Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 34 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 36 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 52Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 45 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 35 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 41 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 46 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 54Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 59 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 72 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 4Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+40
Danger medium hits: 14Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 14 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 14 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 28Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 27 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 28 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 42 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 42Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 56 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 15 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 16 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 38Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 38 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 37 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 50 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 47 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 49 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 57Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Burst: 51 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 53 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 52 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 55 req / 10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst: 57 req / 2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Σ = 3475
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Observed Activity

Reconstructed HTTP requests from server access logs. Target domains redacted for security.

[redacted]
GET
/
200
[redacted]
GET
/page
200
Requests shown: 2 · HTTP 404: 0 · Dangerous patterns: 0

* Typical request patterns for detected signatures. Actual target domains are redacted.

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Timeline

2026-02-17 23:10:04
First malicious request detected
IP entered monitoring from server access logs
During observation
Multiple detection signatures triggered
UA suspicious (short/empty) (+15), Danger strong hits: 12 (+100), Danger medium hits: 40 (+60)
2026-02-23 01:00:08
Last malicious request observed
Total score reached: 280/100
Next cycle
IP blocked — all subsequent requests denied (HTTP 403)
Added to blocklist automatically
05

Network Provider

Microsoft Corporation
AS8075 · 🇫🇷 France
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Recommendations

Actions taken & recommended

  • IP 20.43.58.61 is blocked at application level (HTTP 403)
  • Consider blocking at firewall level (iptables/CSF) to reduce server load
  • Other malicious IPs detected in the same /24 subnet — consider blocking 20.43.58.0/24
  • Report abuse to the network provider via their abuse contact
  • Ensure sensitive files (.env, .git, backups) are not accessible from the web

🤖 User-Agent Anomaly Defense

IP 20.43.58.61 shows suspicious UA behavior. Block empty User-Agent requests. Implement JavaScript-based bot detection for sensitive endpoints.

🌊 Traffic Flood Defense

IP 20.43.58.61 is generating excessive traffic. Limit connections per source IP. Enable geographic blocking if traffic from this region is unexpected.

🔎 Directory Scan Defense

IP 20.43.58.61 is enumerating directories. Configure fail2ban apache-404 jail after 10+ 404 errors. Disable directory listings. Normalize all 404 responses.

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Neighbors in 20.43.58.0/24

Other blocked IPs from the same /24 subnet — indicates systematic abuse from this network range.

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Blacklist Status (DNSBL)

This IP was checked against major DNS-based blacklists used by mail servers and firewalls worldwide.

✓ Clean
Spamhaus ZEN

Checked: Spamhaus, SpamCop, Barracuda, SORBS, CBL, UCEProtect. Results may change over time.

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Threat Analysis

20.43.58.61 has been assigned a threat score of 280/100 (Critical). This represents a critical risk level. Our detection systems have flagged multiple high-confidence indicators of malicious intent from this address.

The following attack categories were identified:

User-Agent AnomalyRequest FloodingPath Enumeration

📊 Threat Analysis

Threat intelligence analysis has linked 20.43.58.61 to malicious activity originating from Paris, France, operating on the network of Microsoft Corporation. The address has been under observation since its initial detection. During its 5-day observation window, we recorded 94 hostile requests from this IP — roughly 18.8 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. With 201 flagged addresses, France represents a significant presence in our threat database. At 280/100, this is an extremely high-risk address. All traffic should be considered hostile.

This IP belongs to a hosting or data center provider. Malicious traffic from hosting infrastructure often originates from compromised VPS instances, rented servers used for scanning campaigns, or abused free-tier cloud accounts. Hosting providers typically respond to abuse reports within 24-72 hours.

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Security Intelligence

💡 HTTP Header Analysis for Threat Detection

Examining HTTP headers beyond User-Agent reveals attack tools and automated scripts. Missing standard headers, unusual ordering, non-standard values, and inconsistencies with claimed client identity all serve as reliable detection signals.

💡 TLS Certificate Misconfigurations

Expired, self-signed, or misconfigured TLS certificates create security vulnerabilities and trust issues. Certificate monitoring, automated renewal through ACME protocols, and proper certificate chain configuration prevent both security gaps and service disruptions.

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