IP address 135.222.40.167 has been flagged in 336 abuse reports across 16 independent threat intelligence sources, resulting in a threat score of 100.0/100 (critical risk). The primary activity associated with this IP is abuseipdb blacklist, along with aggregated threat, attacks, brute force, known attacker, known malicious, malicious, malware c2, malware infrastructure, port scan, rdp bruteforce, reconnaissance, reputation low, ssh brute force, suspicious activity, web attack.
This IP is geolocated in United States (Dulles) and belongs to the network Microsoft Corporation (AS8075). Reports span from 2026-09-16 to 2026-10-04.
Assessment: With 336 abuse reports, 135.222.40.167 shows persistent malicious activity that has been flagged by multiple threat intelligence feeds. Systematic port scanning activity from this IP indicates active reconnaissance of internet-facing services, typically a precursor to targeted exploitation. This IP belongs to Microsoft Corporation, a major cloud/hosting provider — the malicious activity likely originates from a compromised or rented virtual server rather than the provider's own infrastructure.