IP address 42.200.78.78 has been flagged in 388 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, known attacker, malware c2, malware infrastructure, persistent attacker, reconnaissance, repeat offender, scanning, ssh-bruteforce, ssh bruteforce, suspicious activity, web attack.
This IP is geolocated in Hong Kong and belongs to the network HKT Limited (AS4760). Reports span from 2022-08-28 to 2026-04-17.
Assessment: With 388 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.