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AbuseIPDB » 197.231.178.56

197.231.178.56 was found in our database!

This IP was reported 18 times. Confidence of Abuse is 39%: ?

39%

ISP	Frontier Optical Networks Ltd
Usage Type	Fixed Line ISP
ASN	AS37305
Domain Name	fon.co.ke
Country	🇰🇪 Kenya
City	Mombasa, Mombasa County

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IP Abuse Reports for 197.231.178.56:

This IP address has been reported a total of 18 times from 13 distinct sources. 197.231.178.56 was first reported on August 26th 2025, and the most recent report was 2 days ago.

Recent Reports: We have received reports of abusive activity from this IP address within the last week. It is potentially still actively engaged in abusive activities.

Reporter	IoA Timestamp (UTC)	Comment	Categories
🇩🇪 Vegascosmetics	2026-06-26 17:01:22 (2 days ago)	(Kingcopy.org-AI-IDS-Report):IP automatically blocked after obfuscated redirect. Vegas Security	DDoS Attack Hacking Exploited Host
🇱🇻 garmtech.com	2026-06-25 17:28:47 (3 days ago)	IM360 WAF: Rate limit exceeded for XMLRPC DoS	Web App Attack
🇺🇸 TPI-Abuse	2026-06-23 17:06:49 (5 days ago)	(mod_security) mod_security (id:240335) triggered by 197.231.178.56 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Por ... show more (mod_security) mod_security (id:240335) triggered by 197.231.178.56 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Ports: *; Direction: 1; Trigger: LF_MODSEC; Logs: [Tue Jun 23 13:06:43.033775 2026] [security2:error] [pid 961:tid 961] [client 197.231.178.56:54486] ModSecurity: Access denied with code 403 (phase 2). Operator EQ matched 0 at IP. [file "/etc/apache2/conf.d/modsec_vendor_configs/comodo_apache/30_Apps_OtherApps.conf"] [line "5956"] [id "240335"] [rev "5"] [msg "COMODO WAF: XML-RPC Attack Identified (CVE-2013-0235)\|Source 197.231.178.56 (+1 hits since last alert)\|midway-island.com\|F\|2"] [severity "CRITICAL"] [tag "CWAF"] [tag "OtherApps"] [hostname "midway-island.com"] [uri "/xmlrpc.php"] [unique_id "ajq9Iyguevxr6batr1AU6wAAAAI"] show less	Brute-Force Bad Web Bot Web App Attack
🇺🇸 TPI-Abuse	2026-06-21 15:37:23 (1 week ago)	(mod_security) mod_security (id:240335) triggered by 197.231.178.56 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Por ... show more (mod_security) mod_security (id:240335) triggered by 197.231.178.56 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Ports: *; Direction: 1; Trigger: LF_MODSEC; Logs: [Sun Jun 21 11:37:17.355038 2026] [security2:error] [pid 2153:tid 2153] [client 197.231.178.56:49919] ModSecurity: Access denied with code 403 (phase 2). Operator EQ matched 0 at IP. [file "/etc/apache2/conf.d/modsec_vendor_configs/comodo_apache/30_Apps_OtherApps.conf"] [line "5956"] [id "240335"] [rev "5"] [msg "COMODO WAF: XML-RPC Attack Identified (CVE-2013-0235)\|Source 197.231.178.56 (+1 hits since last alert)\|lusineweb.com\|F\|2"] [severity "CRITICAL"] [tag "CWAF"] [tag "OtherApps"] [hostname "lusineweb.com"] [uri "/xmlrpc.php"] [unique_id "ajgFLZ4LLB-8lIzVmkfsdAAAACI"] show less	Brute-Force Bad Web Bot Web App Attack
🇫🇷 dynamix	2026-06-21 15:31:07 (1 week ago)	WordPress XMLRPC Brute Force Attack	Brute-Force Web App Attack
🇺🇸 TPI-Abuse	2026-06-21 14:01:43 (1 week ago)	(mod_security) mod_security (id:240335) triggered by 197.231.178.56 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Por ... show more (mod_security) mod_security (id:240335) triggered by 197.231.178.56 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Ports: *; Direction: 1; Trigger: LF_MODSEC; Logs: [Sun Jun 21 10:01:37.050800 2026] [security2:error] [pid 29414:tid 29449] [client 197.231.178.56:65012] ModSecurity: Access denied with code 403 (phase 2). Operator EQ matched 0 at IP. [file "/etc/apache2/conf.d/modsec_vendor_configs/comodo_apache/30_Apps_OtherApps.conf"] [line "5956"] [id "240335"] [rev "5"] [msg "COMODO WAF: XML-RPC Attack Identified (CVE-2013-0235)\|Source 197.231.178.56 (+1 hits since last alert)\|campingcosmetics.com\|F\|2"] [severity "CRITICAL"] [tag "CWAF"] [tag "OtherApps"] [hostname "campingcosmetics.com"] [uri "/xmlrpc.php"] [unique_id "ajfuwebfUo8hdcyekBSmjAAAANE"] show less	Brute-Force Bad Web Bot Web App Attack
🇺🇸 TPI-Abuse	2026-06-19 15:31:23 (1 week ago)	(mod_security) mod_security (id:240335) triggered by 197.231.178.56 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Por ... show more (mod_security) mod_security (id:240335) triggered by 197.231.178.56 (-): 1 in the last 300 secs; Ports: *; Direction: 1; Trigger: LF_MODSEC; Logs: [Fri Jun 19 11:31:18.580407 2026] [security2:error] [pid 18311:tid 18311] [client 197.231.178.56:52291] ModSecurity: Access denied with code 403 (phase 2). Operator EQ matched 0 at IP. [file "/etc/apache2/conf.d/modsec_vendor_configs/comodo_apache/30_Apps_OtherApps.conf"] [line "5956"] [id "240335"] [rev "5"] [msg "COMODO WAF: XML-RPC Attack Identified (CVE-2013-0235)\|Source 197.231.178.56 (+1 hits since last alert)\|faithlines.com\|F\|2"] [severity "CRITICAL"] [tag "CWAF"] [tag "OtherApps"] [hostname "faithlines.com"] [uri "/xmlrpc.php"] [unique_id "ajVgxl-cyPeOakrsIyFS0QAAAAM"] show less	Brute-Force Bad Web Bot Web App Attack
🇩🇪 pltcldvlpr	2026-06-09 00:19:39 (2 weeks ago)	Bogus Useragent: 197.231.178.56 - - [09/Jun/2026:02:19:38 +0200] "GET /protocol?id=rp_14_98&offset=1 ... show more Bogus Useragent: 197.231.178.56 - - [09/Jun/2026:02:19:38 +0200] "GET /protocol?id=rp_14_98&offset=1400&seq=1459 HTTP/1.1" 444 0 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.2; Trident/5.0)" asn=37305 org="Frontier Optical Networks Ltd" country=KE ... show less	Bad Web Bot
Anonymous	2026-06-01 10:30:22 (3 weeks ago)	Attac	Brute-Force
🇩🇪 Marc	2026-06-01 06:55:01 (3 weeks ago)	197.231.178.56 - - [01/Jun/2026:08:54:45 +0200] "POST /xmlrpc.php HTTP/1.1" 200 3156 "-" "Jetpack by ... show more 197.231.178.56 - - [01/Jun/2026:08:54:45 +0200] "POST /xmlrpc.php HTTP/1.1" 200 3156 "-" "Jetpack by WordPress.com (Jetpack 12.1; WordPress 6.4)" 197.231.178.56 - - [01/Jun/2026:08:54:55 +0200] "POST /xmlrpc.php HTTP/1.1" 200 3155 "-" "Jetpack/12.0; WordPress/6.3; http://site33765012.com" 197.231.178.56 - - [01/Jun/2026:08:55:00 +0200] "POST /xmlrpc.php HTTP/1.1" 200 3157 "-" "Jetpack by WordPress.com" show less	Brute-Force Web App Attack
🇯🇵 aPaJnJ32	2026-04-09 21:31:00 (2 months ago)		Email Spam Spoofing Phishing
Anonymous	2026-04-07 15:40:24 (2 months ago)	Unauthorized connection attempt	Port Scan Hacking Exploited Host
🇨🇭 Origon	2026-02-08 13:58:32 (4 months ago)	NOQUEUE - IP: 197.231.178.56 - Feb 8 14:58:32 plesk postfix/smtpd[1710578]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT f ... show more NOQUEUE - IP: 197.231.178.56 - Feb 8 14:58:32 plesk postfix/smtpd[1710578]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from unknown[197.231.178.56]: 554 5.7.1 Service unavailable; Client host [197.231.178.56] blocked using dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net; Net 197.231.176.0/21 is UCEPROTECT-Level2 listed because 40 impacts are seen from FON, KE/AS37305 there. See: http://www.uceprotect.net/rblcheck.php?ipr=197.231.178.56 / Net 197.231.178.0/24 is UCEPROTECT-Level2 listed because 6 impacts are seen from FON, KE/AS37305 there. See: http://www.uceprotect.net/rblcheck.php?ipr=197.231.178.56; from=<[email protected]> to=<REDACTED@REDACTED> proto=ESMTP helo=<localhost> show less	Email Spam
🇧🇷 Michel Araujo	2025-12-10 10:52:09 (6 months ago)	DNS pkts/s > 15.0 k, src_ip: 197.231.178.56, src_port:53	DDoS Attack Spoofing Exploited Host IoT Targeted
Anonymous	2025-11-24 17:45:52 (7 months ago)	scanning http requests from known botnet	Web App Attack

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