IP intelligence

42.238.139.238

China · CHINA UNICOM China169 Backbone · Residential

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90/100

Fraud score

critical risk

What we know about 42.238.139.238.

VPN

Clean

Proxy

Clean

Tor

Clean

Relay

Clean

Datacenter

Clean

Mobile

Clean

Active command & control (C2) server used to coordinate malware operations. Actively distributing malware payloads to compromised systems. Identified as part of a botnet network. IoT botnet node (Mirai/Mozi family) actively scanning for vulnerable devices. Performing SSH brute force attacks against servers. Persistent high-severity threat, confirmed repeatedly by our honeypot sensors and community reports. Located in a high-risk network neighborhood where 100% of the /24 subnet is flagged for abuse - this level of concentration typically indicates compromised infrastructure or a malicious hosting operation

Network

Organization
CHINA UNICOM China169 Backbone
ISP
CHINA UNICOM China169 Backbone
Connection type
Residential
Cloud provider
–
Residential proxy
No
Shared connection
No

Location

Country
China (CN)
Region
–
City
–
Coordinates
34.7732, 113.7220
Timezone
Asia/Shanghai
rDNS
residential
Hostname
hn.kd.ny.adsl
Company
China Unicom Henan province network
Company type
isp
Network
42.224.0.0 - 42.239.255.255

History

First seen
Oct 16, 2026
Last seen
Nov 2, 2026
Times seen
125

Registry and abuse

Netname
UNICOM-HA
Status
ALLOCATED PORTABLE
Allocated
2011-02-17

Threat signatures · 7

c2_serverbotnet_nodemalware_distributioniot_botnetssh_brute_forcemulti_source_abusemulti_source_blacklist

Subnet (/24)

IPs observed
6
Abusive
6
Abuse ratio
100%

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42.238.139.238, answered.

No. 42.238.139.238 does not match any VPN, proxy, or Tor signature in our data. It looks like a residential or business connection.

FFraud scores 42.238.139.238 at 90/100 (critical risk) because Active command & control (C2) server used to coordinate malware operations. Actively distributing malware payloads to compromised systems. Identified as part of a botnet network. IoT botnet node (Mirai/Mozi family) actively scanning for vulnerable devices. Performing SSH brute force attacks against servers. Persistent high-severity threat, confirmed repeatedly by our honeypot sensors and community reports. Located in a high-risk network neighborhood where 100% of the /24 subnet is flagged for abuse - this level of concentration typically indicates compromised infrastructure or a malicious hosting operation We recommend blocking or challenging it.

42.238.139.238 is operated by CHINA UNICOM China169 Backbone (AS4837), located in China.

The score reflects high-confidence signals: Active command & control (C2) server used to coordinate malware operations. Actively distributing malware payloads to compromised systems. Identified as part of a botnet network. IoT botnet node (Mirai/Mozi family) actively scanning for vulnerable devices. Performing SSH brute force attacks against servers. Persistent high-severity threat, confirmed repeatedly by our honeypot sensors and community reports. Located in a high-risk network neighborhood where 100% of the /24 subnet is flagged for abuse - this level of concentration typically indicates compromised infrastructure or a malicious hosting operation FFraud only lists an IP once it is independently confirmed at least twice, by our honeypot sensors and community reports.

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42.238.139.238: fraud score 90 of 100, Critical

42.238.139.238

CHINA UNICOM China169 Backbone · China

Critical

90/100

Fraud score

  • VPN: no
  • Proxy: no
  • Tor: no
  • Datacenter: no
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