IP address 196.189.124.218 has been flagged in 1485 abuse reports across 18 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, email abuse, known attacker, known malicious, malware c2, malware infrastructure, reconnaissance, scanning, smtp bruteforce, spam, ssh brute force, ssh bruteforce, suspicious activity, unknown.
This IP is geolocated in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) and belongs to the network Ethio Telecom (AS24757). Reports span from 2025-07-02 to 2026-10-12.
Assessment: 196.189.124.218 is among the most actively malicious IP addresses in our database, with over 1485 abuse reports from 18 independent sources. The IP has been observed conducting automated SSH login attempts against internet-facing servers, a technique commonly used to gain unauthorized access to systems.