IP address 186.42.173.68 has been flagged in 210 abuse reports across 20 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, compromised, known attacker, known malicious, malware c2, malware infrastructure, port scan, reconnaissance, scanning, ssh brute force, ssh bruteforce, suspicious activity, voip attack.
This IP is geolocated in Ecuador (Guayaquil) and belongs to the network CORPORACION NACIONAL DE TELECOMUNICACIONES - CNT EP (AS28006). Reports span from 2026-09-08 to 2026-09-23.
Assessment: With 210 abuse reports, 186.42.173.68 shows persistent malicious activity that has been flagged by multiple threat intelligence feeds. The IP has been observed conducting automated SSH login attempts against internet-facing servers, a technique commonly used to gain unauthorized access to systems.