ABUSE.MOM
THREAT REPORT

IP Threat Report
3.15.240.160

ABUSE.MOM — BEHAVE OR GET EXPOSED

Generated: 2026-08-30 01:42:09
First seen: 2026-08-25 02:20:14
Last seen: 2026-08-30 01:03:01
238

⛔ Verdict: BLOCK

This IP address has been classified as a source of malicious automated activity. Threat score: 238/100. Total malicious requests observed: 114.

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Geolocation & Classification

IP Address
3.15.240.160
Type
Hosting
Country
🇺🇸 United States
City
Dublin
ISP
Amazon.com, Inc.
Organization
AWS EC2 (us-east-2)
Autonomous System
AS16509 Amazon.com, Inc.
Hit Count
114
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Detection Signatures

SignatureDescriptionPointsSeverity
Burst 23/2sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Burst 85/10sAbnormally fast request rate — automated scanning+35
Danger medium hits: 80Medium-risk: admin panels, config files+60
Danger strong hits: 719High-risk paths: shells, RCE vectors, exploits+100
POST seenBehavioral anomaly detected by automated analysis+8
Σ = 238
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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

2026-08-25 02:20:14
First malicious request detected
IP entered monitoring from server access logs
During observation
Multiple detection signatures triggered
Burst 23/2s (+35), Burst 85/10s (+35), Danger medium hits: 80 (+60)
2026-08-30 01:03:01
Last malicious request observed
Total score reached: 238/100
Next cycle
IP blocked — all subsequent requests denied (HTTP 403)
Added to blocklist automatically
05

Network Provider

Amazon.com, Inc.
AS16509 · 🇺🇸 United States
06

Recommendations

Actions taken & recommended

  • IP 3.15.240.160 is blocked at application level (HTTP 403)
  • Consider blocking at firewall level (iptables/CSF) to reduce server load
  • Report abuse to the network provider via their abuse contact
  • Ensure sensitive files (.env, .git, backups) are not accessible from the web

🌊 Traffic Flood Defense

IP 3.15.240.160 is generating excessive traffic. Limit connections per source IP. Enable geographic blocking if traffic from this region is unexpected.

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Blacklist Status (DNSBL)

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

✓ Clean
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✓ Clean
zen.spamhaus.org
✓ Clean
bl.blocklist.de
✓ Clean
cbl.abuseat.org
✓ Clean
spam.dnsbl.sorbs.net
✓ Clean
b.barracudacentral.org
✓ Clean
psbl.surriel.com

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

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Threat Analysis

3.15.240.160 has been assigned a threat score of 238/100 (Critical). A score this high marks a critical threat actor. This address has demonstrated persistent, aggressive malicious behavior across multiple detection vectors.

The following attack categories were identified:

Request Flooding

📊 Threat Analysis

Network traffic from 3.15.240.160, located in Dublin, United States, operating on the network of Amazon.com, Inc., has been classified as malicious by our automated threat scoring engine. During its 4-day observation window, we recorded 114 hostile requests from this IP — roughly 28.5 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 IP is engaged in request flooding, sending traffic at rates designed to exhaust server capacity. With 130 flagged addresses, United States represents a significant presence in our threat database. With a threat score of 238/100, this IP is among the most dangerous addresses in our database. Immediate and complete blocking is strongly recommended.

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

💡 DDoS Mitigation Approaches

Distributed denial of service attacks overwhelm infrastructure with traffic volume. Effective mitigation combines always-on traffic scrubbing, anycast network distribution, rate limiting, and the ability to quickly scale absorption capacity during attacks.

💡 Edge Computing Attack Surface

Edge computing pushes processing closer to users but expands the attack surface. Edge nodes often run in less secure environments than centralized data centers, creating new opportunities for physical access attacks and supply chain compromises.

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