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Multi-IP Infrastructure Detected

It indicates that the domain operates across multiple IP addresses simultaneously. This is commonly seen in legitimate services such as global organizations, CDNs, or enterprise-grade platforms that distribute their load geographically or for redundancy.

Analyst Q&A

What this signal answers

The questions every analyst asks before acting on this signal.

What it detects01

What does 'Multi-IP Infrastructure Detected' mean?

It indicates that the domain operates across multiple IP addresses simultaneously. This is commonly seen in legitimate services such as global organizations, CDNs, or enterprise-grade platforms that distribute their load geographically or for redundancy.

Why it matters02

Why can multiple active IPs indicate a safe or trustworthy domain?

Managing and maintaining multiple IPs requires technical resources, investment, and infrastructure maturity. Legitimate companies often use multi-IP architectures to ensure uptime, balance network load, and improve user experience, which is rarely the case for short-lived malicious domains.

How analysts use it03

How should SOC or CTI analysts interpret multi-IP activity?

If the IPs belong to reputable ASNs, are consistent over time, and serve legitimate content, the domain’s multi-IP pattern is a strong positive signal of organizational stability rather than malicious intent.

Evidence shape

What Multi-IP Infrastructure Detected looks like in the response

A realistic shape of the entry the engine appends to the risk_signals array when this signal fires. Evidence keys are subgroup-default; per-signal overrides documented in the API reference.

json
{
  "slug": "active_alot_of_ip",
  "name": "Multi-IP Infrastructure Detected",
  "group": "dns_history",
  "subgroup": "ip_diversity_rotation",
  "direction": "safe",
  "evidence": {
    "distinct_ips_30d": 47,
    "rotation_period_hours": 6,
    "geo_distribution": [
      "US",
      "RU",
      "VN"
    ],
    "fast_flux_score": 0.81
  }
}
See in API reference
Siblings

Peers in IP Diversity & Rotation

2 other signals share the same subgroup. They detect related behaviors and often co-fire on the same IOC.

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