IP address 74.243.236.86 has been flagged in 82 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, bruteforce, malware c2, reconnaissance, repeat offender, reputation low, ssh-bruteforce, ssh bruteforce.
This IP is geolocated in United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and belongs to the network Microsoft Corporation (AS8075). Reports span from 2026-01-02 to 2026-04-17.
Assessment: Despite a lower report volume, the severity and nature of activity from 74.243.236.86 has triggered critical-level alerts across our threat detection network. The IP has been observed conducting automated SSH login attempts against internet-facing servers, a technique commonly used to gain unauthorized access to systems. 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.