Identicon of IP address 178.171.16.228

178.171.16.228

IP Risk Score: 78 / 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: 178.171.16.228
Country: Singapore flag Singapore (SG)
Region Name: North West (03)
City: Singapore
ISP: WS Telecom Inc
Organization: E-Light-Telecom Ltd
Threat level: 78 / 100
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
ASN: AS209372
AS Name: WS Telecom Inc
Timezone: Asia/Singapore
Status: Critical
Proxy

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

The IP exhibits suspicious behavior with no JavaScript support and is identified as a proxy. The user-agent appears to be a mobile device but is likely spoofed, indicating potential automated scraping activity.

The supernet (178.171.0.0/16), which this IP belongs to, exhibits coordinated behavior with multiple IPs using identical or similar user agents, suggesting potential automation or scraping activity. The repetitive, low-interaction visits to a specific site, combined with DNS mismatches, raise concerns about stealthy scraping or botnet-like behavior.

JavaScript Support
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User-Agent Samples
  • Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 5.0; SM-G900P Build/LRX21T) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/54.0.3326.1212 Mobile Safari/537.36

IP Location

Region: North West, Singapore

City: Singapore

Local time: 2026-07-05 18:07:39