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42.200.78.78 Threat Intelligence Report

Risk Level: CRITICAL — 626 abuse reports from 26 sources

Threat Intelligence Summary

IP address 42.200.78.78 has been flagged in 626 abuse reports across 26 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, scanning, severe abuse, ssh-bruteforce, ssh brute force, ssh bruteforce, suspicious activity, voip attack, web attack, web brute force.

This IP is geolocated in Hong Kong and belongs to the network HKT Limited (AS4760). Reports span from 2022-08-28 to 2026-04-05.

Assessment: With 626 abuse reports, 42.200.78.78 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.

Data aggregated from 26 independent threat intelligence sources.

Geolocation

Country Hong Kong
ISP/ASN HKT Limited
Timezone Asia/Hong_Kong

Threat Status

Overall Status Critical
Threat Score 100.0%
Report Count 626
Sources 26
First Seen 2022-08-28
Last Seen 2026-04-05
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