IP address 20.40.73.192 has been flagged in 540 abuse reports across 24 independent threat intelligence sources, resulting in a threat score of 100.0/100 (critical risk). The primary activity associated with this IP is aggregated threat, along with aggressive scanner, attacks, brute force, bruteforce, malware c2, persistent attacker, repeat offender, severe abuse, ssh brute force, ssh bruteforce, suspicious activity, unknown, voip attack, web attack, web brute force.
This IP is geolocated in Australia (Sydney) and belongs to the network Microsoft Corporation (AS8075). Reports span from 2022-09-01 to 2026-04-05.
Assessment: With 540 abuse reports, 20.40.73.192 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. 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.