IP address 5.253.38.188 has been flagged in 1218 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, attacks, brute force, bruteforce, known attacker, known malicious, malware c2, malware infrastructure, port scan, reconnaissance, reputation low, scanning, ssh brute force, ssh bruteforce, suspicious activity, voip attack.
This IP is geolocated in United States (Los Angeles) and belongs to the network CNServer LLC (AS7488). Reports span from 2026-07-10 to 2026-10-13.
Assessment: 5.253.38.188 is among the most actively malicious IP addresses in our database, with over 1218 abuse reports from 24 independent sources. The IP has been observed conducting automated SSH login attempts against internet-facing servers, a technique commonly used to gain unauthorized access to systems.