IP address 197.248.8.33 has been flagged in 473 abuse reports across 28 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, aggressive scanner, attacks, brute force, bruteforce, malware c2, malware infrastructure, reconnaissance, scanning, severe abuse, ssh brute force, ssh bruteforce, suspicious activity, unknown, voip attack, web attack, web brute force.
This IP is geolocated in Kenya (Nairobi) and belongs to the network Safaricom (AS37061). Reports span from 2025-01-15 to 2026-04-12.
Assessment: With 473 abuse reports, 197.248.8.33 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.