IP address 52.169.5.4 has been flagged in 43 abuse reports across 11 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, malware, malware c2, malware infrastructure, monitoring abuse, reconnaissance, suspicious activity, unknown, web attack.
This IP is geolocated in Ireland (Dublin) and belongs to the network Microsoft Corporation (AS8075). Reports span from 2026-01-20 to 2026-04-17.
Assessment: Despite a lower report volume, the severity and nature of activity from 52.169.5.4 has triggered critical-level alerts across our threat detection network. The activity pattern and multi-source corroboration indicate this is a genuine threat that warrants immediate blocking at the firewall level. This IP belongs to Microsoft Corporation, a major cloud/hosting provider — the malicious activity likely originates from a compromised or rented virtual server rather than the provider's own infrastructure.