Identicon of IP address 178.171.17.173

178.171.17.173

IP Risk Score: 85 / 100

This IP is considered potentially malicious and poses a serious security threat. Activity from this IP is consistent with active and malicious behavior. This assessment is backed by strong and consistent detection signals. The IP represents a severe and confirmed security risk. Immediate blocking or mitigation is strongly recommended.

What is this IP address?
IP Address: 178.171.17.173
Country: Singapore flag Singapore (SG)
Region Name: North West (03)
City: Singapore
ISP: WS Telecom Inc
Organization: E-Light-Telecom Ltd
Threat level: 85 / 100
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
ASN: AS209372
AS Name: WS Telecom Inc
Timezone: Asia/Singapore
Status: Critical
Proxy

Observed Client Profile
  • OS: iOS (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 spoofed, suggesting potential automated activity. The access pattern is concerning given the lack of legitimate browsing characteristics.

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 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 11_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/60.0.3059.1014 Mobile Safari/537.36

IP Location

Region: North West, Singapore

City: Singapore

Local time: 2026-07-05 21:26:26