156.255.2.161 Threat Intelligence and Host Information

Sep 09, 2025 ipinfopage

General

This page contains threat intelligence information for the IPv4 address 156.255.2.161 and was generated either as a result of observed malicious activity or as an information gathering exercise to assist with enrichment of security events and context. All information is gathered passively through aggregation of public sources, or observations through activity upon honeynets. The host score is calculated through a series of statistically weighted values and machine learning which takes into account metadata such as host information, frequency, volume and global distribution of malicious activity, association with other known malicious hosts or networks, proxying or anonymising behaviour such as with tor exit nodes, residential proxies or VPN services, and many other attributes. These values are historical and indicative only - and should not be taken to be an accurate representation of the users, businesses or networks in which they reside.

Potentially Malicious Host 🟡 50/100

Host and Network Information

  • Mitre ATT&CK IDs: T1078 - Valid Accounts, T1083 - File and Directory Discovery, T1098.004 - SSH Authorized Keys, T1105 - Ingress Tool Transfer, T1110.004 - Credential Stuffing, T1110 - Brute Force

  • Tags: cowrie, scanners, ssh, vultr

  • View other sources: Spamhaus VirusTotal

  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Network:
  • Noticed: 4 times
  • Protocols Attacked: ssh
  • Countries Attacked: Poland
  • Passive DNS Results: www.xmmfx.com guanli.xmmfx.com guanli.zhgja.com app.zhgja.com www.zhgja.com

Map

Whois Information

  • NetRange: 156.255.0.0 - 156.255.255.255
  • CIDR: 156.255.0.0/16
  • NetName: AFRINIC-ERX-156-255-0-0
  • NetHandle: NET-156-255-0-0-1
  • Parent: NET156 (NET-156-0-0-0-0)
  • NetType: Transferred to AfriNIC
  • OriginAS:
  • Organization: African Network Information Center (AFRINIC)
  • RegDate: 2010-11-03
  • Updated: 2010-11-17
  • Comment: This IP address range is under AFRINIC responsibility.
  • Comment: Please see http://www.afrinic.net/ for further details,
  • Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/156.255.0.0
  • OrgName: African Network Information Center
  • OrgId: AFRINIC
  • Address: Level 11ABC
  • Address: Raffles Tower
  • Address: Lot 19, Cybercity
  • City: Ebene
  • StateProv:
  • PostalCode:
  • Country: MU
  • RegDate: 2004-05-17
  • Updated: 2015-05-04
  • Comment: AfriNIC - http://www.afrinic.net
  • Comment: The African & Indian Ocean Internet Registry
  • Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/AFRINIC
  • OrgAbuseHandle: GENER11-ARIN
  • OrgAbuseName: Generic POC
  • OrgAbusePhone: +230 4666616
  • OrgAbuseEmail: abusepoc@afrinic.net
  • OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/GENER11-ARIN
  • OrgTechHandle: GENER11-ARIN
  • OrgTechName: Generic POC
  • OrgTechPhone: +230 4666616
  • OrgTechEmail: abusepoc@afrinic.net
  • OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/GENER11-ARIN
  • inetnum: 156.255.2.0 - 156.255.2.255
  • netname: UFO_Network__Hong_Kong__Limited
  • descr: UFO Network Hong Kong Limited
  • country: HK
  • admin-c: CIS1-AFRINIC
  • tech-c: CIS1-AFRINIC
  • status: ASSIGNED PA
  • mnt-by: CIL1-MNT
  • mnt-by: LARUS-SERVICE-MNT
  • parent: 156.224.0.0 - 156.255.255.255
  • person: Cloud Innovation Support
  • address: Ebene
  • address: MU
  • address: Mahe
  • address: Seychelles
  • phone: tel:+248-4-610-795
  • nic-hdl: CIS1-AFRINIC
  • abuse-mailbox: abuse@cloudinnovation.org
  • mnt-by: CIL1-MNT
  • route: 156.255.2.0/24
  • descr: UFO Network (Hong Kong) Limited
  • origin: AS137443
  • mnt-by: LARUS-SERVICE-MNT
  • route: 156.255.2.0/24
  • descr: UFO Network (Hong Kong) Limited
  • origin: AS58879
  • mnt-by: LARUS-SERVICE-MNT

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