IP address 173.249.52.138 has been flagged in 183 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 abuseipdb blacklist, along with aggregated threat, aggressive scanner, attacks, brute force, bruteforce, malware c2, malware infrastructure, reconnaissance, scanning, ssh-bruteforce, ssh bruteforce, suspicious activity, unknown, voip attack.
This IP is geolocated in France (Lauterbourg) and belongs to the network Contabo GmbH (AS51167). Reports span from 2025-08-16 to 2026-04-17.
Assessment: With 183 abuse reports, 173.249.52.138 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.