Identicon of IP address 105.224.109.42

105.224.109.42

IP Risk Score: 76 / 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: 105.224.109.42
Country: South Africa flag South Africa (ZA)
Region Name: Gauteng (GP)
City: Pretoria
ISP: Telkom SA Ltd
Organization: Telkom Internet Broadband 105
Threat level: 76 / 100
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
ASN: AS37457
AS Name: Telkom SA Ltd.
Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
Reverse DNS: 105-224-109-42.ti-dsl.telkomsa.net
Status: Critical

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

The IP shows signs of automated behavior, including a lack of JavaScript support and a suspicious user-agent. The access pattern is limited, but the botnet detection indicates potential malicious intent.

The supernet (105.224.0.0/16), which this IP belongs to, exhibits signs of coordinated automation with repetitive, low-interaction traffic patterns across multiple IPs, utilizing similar user agents. The lack of forward DNS matches and the presence of crawler-like behavior suggest potential scraping or bot activity, raising concerns about analytics pollution.

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Botnet Node
JavaScript Support
⚠️ No
User-Agent Samples
  • Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/118.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

IP Location

Region: Gauteng, South Africa

City: Pretoria

Local time: 2026-06-22 18:08:34