Identicon of IP address 197.232.79.228

197.232.79.228

IP Risk Score: 70 / 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: 197.232.79.228
Country: Kenya flag Kenya (KE)
Region Name: Nairobi County (30)
City: Nairobi
ISP: Jamii Telecommunications Limited
Organization: Faiba Home
Threat level: 70 / 100
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
ASN: AS36866
AS Name: Jamii Telecommunications Limited
Timezone: Africa/Nairobi
Status: Critical

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

The IP shows signs of potential automated behavior, including lack of JavaScript support and a single access event. The user-agent appears legitimate but may be spoofed. The absence of RDNS and the nature of the access raise concerns about possible scraping or probing activity.

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.

JavaScript Support
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User-Agent Samples
  • Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/90.0.4430.51 Safari/537.36

IP Location

Region: Nairobi County, Kenya

City: Nairobi

Local time: 2026-06-22 13:28:35