98.89.106.171
IP Risk Score: 86 / 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?
United States (US)
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
Observed Client Profile
- OS: Unknown (100%)
- Device Type: Bot (100%)
- Browser Family: Chrome (100%)
- Rendering Engine: Gecko (100%)
Behavioral Indicators
The IP address exhibits suspicious behavior consistent with automated scraping. The user-agent claims to be Googlebot but lacks JavaScript support, indicating potential spoofing. The traffic originates from a known cloud hosting provider, further raising concerns about its legitimacy.
The supernet (98.89.0.0/16), which this IP belongs to, exhibits a pattern of low-interaction, repetitive visits primarily using a single user agent associated with a known bot, suggesting potential automated scraping behavior. However, the presence of legitimate DNS resolution and a lack of honeypot hits across most IPs indicates that the activity may be benign or misconfigured rather than overtly malicious.
JavaScript Support
⚠️ NoUser-Agent Samples
- Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) Chrome/142.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
IP Location
Region: Virginia, United States
City: Ashburn
Local time: 2026-06-22 07:54:06