Fake Googlebot Impersonation (Mediapartners-Google UA) for 2026-07-16

Last Updated: 00:00 UTC

Hosts sending a Mediapartners-Google / Googlebot user-agent from IP ranges that do not belong to Google. Impersonating a search crawler is used to bypass bot filtering and rate limits while scraping or probing. Genuine Google crawler ranges (66.249.0.0/16) are excluded from this list.

MITRE ATT&CK

Tactic: Defense Evasion (TA0005)
Technique: T1036 — Masquerading

Observed URIs

Attackers by Country

Vietnam: 296Brazil: 226Bangladesh: 142Argentina: 117Pakistan: 115Colombia: 96Mexico: 93South Africa: 84Iraq: 63Venezuela: 60Kenya: 46Chile: 44Ukraine: 42Morocco: 36Ecuador: 34Uzbekistan: 31Jordan: 25Ethiopia: 23Indonesia: 22Algeria: 21Peru: 21Nigeria: 20Bolivia: 20Dominican Republic: 16Egypt: 15Türkiye: 15United Arab Emirates: 14Israel: 13United States: 13Paraguay: 13Azerbaijan: 13Tunisia: 12Costa Rica: 12Oman: 12Lebanon: 12Jamaica: 11Uruguay: 11Ivory Coast: 9India: 9Albania: 9Nepal: 8Syria: 8Senegal: 8Palestine: 7Angola: 7Kazakhstan: 7Congo Republic: 6Belarus: 6El Salvador: 6Panama: 6Guatemala: 6Puerto Rico: 5Georgia: 5Ireland: 5Togo: 4Mongolia: 4Cambodia: 4Bulgaria: 4Saudi Arabia: 4Qatar: 4Kuwait: 4Bosnia and Herzegovina: 3Moldova: 3Armenia: 3Iran: 3Gabon: 2Brunei: 2Cyprus: 2Malta: 2Guyana: 2Russia: 2Hungary: 2Croatia: 2Honduras: 2Nicaragua: 2Kyrgyzstan: 2Sweden: 2Botswana: 2Philippines: 1Sri Lanka: 1Serbia: 1Austria: 1Mauritius: 1Mali: 1Slovakia: 1The Netherlands: 1Trinidad and Tobago: 1Tanzania: 1Slovenia: 1Latvia: 1North Macedonia: 1Estonia: 1Bahrain: 1
Vietnam29614.4%
Brazil22611.0%
Bangladesh1426.9%
Argentina1175.7%
Pakistan1155.6%
Colombia964.7%
Mexico934.5%
South Africa844.1%
Iraq633.1%
Venezuela602.9%
Kenya462.2%
Chile442.1%
Ukraine422.0%
Morocco361.8%
Ecuador341.7%
Uzbekistan311.5%
Jordan251.2%
Ethiopia231.1%
Indonesia221.1%
Algeria211.0%
Peru211.0%
Nigeria201.0%
Bolivia201.0%
Dominican Republic160.8%
Egypt150.7%
Türkiye150.7%
United Arab Emirates140.7%
Israel130.6%
United States130.6%
Paraguay130.6%
Azerbaijan130.6%
Tunisia120.6%
Costa Rica120.6%
Oman120.6%
Lebanon120.6%
Jamaica110.5%
Uruguay110.5%
Ivory Coast90.4%
India90.4%
Albania90.4%
Nepal80.4%
Syria80.4%
Senegal80.4%
Palestine70.3%
Angola70.3%
Kazakhstan70.3%
Congo Republic60.3%
Belarus60.3%
El Salvador60.3%
Panama60.3%
Guatemala60.3%
Puerto Rico50.2%
Georgia50.2%
Ireland50.2%
Togo40.2%
Mongolia40.2%
Cambodia40.2%
Bulgaria40.2%
Saudi Arabia40.2%
Qatar40.2%
Kuwait40.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina30.1%
Moldova30.1%
Armenia30.1%
Iran30.1%
Gabon20.1%
Brunei20.1%
Cyprus20.1%
Malta20.1%
Guyana20.1%
Russia20.1%
Hungary20.1%
Croatia20.1%
Honduras20.1%
Nicaragua20.1%
Kyrgyzstan20.1%
Sweden20.1%
Botswana20.1%
Philippines10.0%
Sri Lanka10.0%
Serbia10.0%
Austria10.0%
Mauritius10.0%
Mali10.0%
Slovakia10.0%
The Netherlands10.0%
Trinidad and Tobago10.0%
Tanzania10.0%
Slovenia10.0%
Latvia10.0%
North Macedonia10.0%
Estonia10.0%
Bahrain10.0%

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