Identicon of IP address 140.228.21.27

140.228.21.27

IP Risk Score: 69 / 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: 140.228.21.27
Country: Canada flag Canada (CA)
Region Name: Quebec (QC)
City: Montreal
ISP: Cogent Communications
Organization: Freedomtech Solutions Ltd
Threat level: 69 / 100
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
ASN: AS174
AS Name: Cogent Communications, LLC
Timezone: America/Toronto
Status: Critical
Proxy

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

The IP shows signs of automated behavior with a headless browser user-agent and lacks JavaScript support. It has accessed multiple sites with a low frequency, indicating potential scraping activity. The absence of RDNS and use of a proxy further raise concerns.

The supernet (140.228.0.0/16), which this IP belongs to, exhibits suspicious behavior characterized by repetitive, low-interaction visits with a variety of user agents, including some that mimic legitimate crawlers. The presence of multiple proxies and mismatched DNS records raises concerns about coordinated automation and potential scraping activities.

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JavaScript Support
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User-Agent Samples
  • Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) HeadlessChrome/89.0.4389.90 Safari/537.36

IP Location

Region: Quebec, Canada

City: Montreal

Local time: 2026-06-22 12:08:42