Identicon of IP address 104.253.223.178

104.253.223.178

IP Risk Score: 70 / 100

This IP is considered high risk and shows signs of malicious behavior. Strong indicators point to automated scanning or suspicious access attempts. This assessment is backed by strong and consistent detection signals. The combined indicators suggest a high overall security risk. Defensive measures such as rate limiting or blocking are recommended.

What is this IP address?
IP Address: 104.253.223.178
Country: France flag France (FR)
Region Name: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PAC)
City: Marseille
ISP: HZ Hosting Ltd
Organization: EGIHosting
Threat level: 70 / 100
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
ASN: AS59711
AS Name: HZ Hosting Ltd
Timezone: Europe/Paris
Status: Critical
Hosting
Proxy

Observed Client Profile
  • OS: macOS (100%)
  • Device Type: Desktop (100%)
  • Browser Family: Chrome (100%)
  • Rendering Engine: Gecko (100%)
Behavioral Indicators

The IP address exhibits suspicious behavior, including the use of a known hosting provider and lack of JavaScript support, indicating potential automated activity. The absence of RDNS further raises concerns about its legitimacy.

The supernet (104.253.0.0/16), which this IP belongs to, exhibits coordinated behavior characterized by repetitive, low-interaction visits to specific pages, suggesting potential automation or scraping activities. The use of identical user agents across multiple IPs, combined with DNS mismatches, raises concerns about the legitimacy of the traffic, indicating possible misuse of infrastructure.

JavaScript Support
⚠️ No
User-Agent Samples
  • Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/139.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

IP Location

Region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

City: Marseille

Local time: 2026-06-25 06:59:51