Identicon of IP address 197.232.23.189

197.232.23.189

IP Risk Score: 75 / 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: 197.232.23.189
Country: Kenya flag Kenya (KE)
Region Name: Nairobi County (30)
City: Nairobi
ISP: Jamii Telecommunications Limited
Organization: Faiba Enterprise3
Threat level: 75 / 100
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
ASN: AS36866
AS Name: Jamii Telecommunications Limited
Timezone: Africa/Nairobi
Status: Critical

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

The IP exhibits signs of automated behavior, including a non-standard user-agent and lack of JavaScript support. The request pattern suggests potential probing activity, particularly given the botnet detection signal. The absence of RDNS further raises concerns about the legitimacy of the traffic.

The supernet (197.232.0.0/16), which this IP belongs to, exhibits signs of low-interaction, automated behavior with repetitive one-page visits across multiple IPs, suggesting potential stealthy scraping activity. The use of varied user agents, along with DNS mismatches, raises concerns about the legitimacy of the traffic, indicating possible misuse of infrastructure.

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Botnet Node
JavaScript Support
⚠️ No
User-Agent Samples
  • Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0; Nexus 5 Build/MRA58N) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/53.0.8503.1660 Mobile Safari/537.36

IP Location

Region: Nairobi County, Kenya

City: Nairobi

Local time: 2026-06-22 18:03:10