IP address 168.253.224.242 has been flagged in 1031 abuse reports across 17 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, reputation low, scanning, smtp bruteforce, spam, suspicious activity, unknown.
This IP is geolocated in Malawi and belongs to the network TELEKOM NETWORKS MALAWI LTD (AS36913). Reports span from 2026-07-13 to 2026-10-13.
Assessment: 168.253.224.242 is among the most actively malicious IP addresses in our database, with over 1031 abuse reports from 17 independent sources. The activity pattern and multi-source corroboration indicate this is a genuine threat that warrants immediate blocking at the firewall level.