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Long-Term Stable Country

It indicates that the IP address has consistently resolved to the same country over an extended period of time, reflecting hosting stability and reducing the likelihood of fast-flux or frequently relocated malicious infrastructure.

Also surfaces as:
Long-Term Stable City
Analyst Q&A

What this signal answers

The questions every analyst asks before acting on this signal.

What it detects01

What does 'Long-Term Stable Country' indicate?

It indicates that the IP address has consistently resolved to the same country over an extended period of time, reflecting hosting stability and reducing the likelihood of fast-flux or frequently relocated malicious infrastructure.

Why it matters02

What does 'Long-Term Stable City' represent?

It indicates that the IP location remains anchored to the same city for a long duration, suggesting predictable routing, mature infrastructure and low volatility in geolocation behavior.

How analysts use it03

How should analysts interpret this stability signal?

Long-term geolocation stability is a supportive safe indicator. While it does not guarantee benign activity, it helps differentiate legitimate infrastructure from fast-changing, evasive or disposable malicious hosting behavior.

Evidence shape

What Long-Term Stable Country 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": "geo_location_age_stability",
  "name": "Long-Term Stable Country",
  "group": "dns_history",
  "subgroup": "ip_geolocation_profile",
  "direction": "safe",
  "evidence": {
    "current_countries": [
      "US"
    ],
    "historical_countries": [
      "US",
      "DE",
      "TR"
    ],
    "geo_consistency_score": 0.92,
    "eu_false_flag_risk": false
  }
}
See in API reference
Siblings

Peers in IP Geolocation Profile

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

EU Compliance Location

It indicates that the IP address is consistently hosted within EU regions known for strict regulatory, privacy and opera…

Safe
Country-Level IP Geolocation Centralization

It indicates that all currently active IP addresses of a domain are geographically concentrated in a single location sco…

Safe
Current and Historical Geolocation Alignment

It indicates that the geolocation of the domain’s currently active IP addresses is consistent with the geolocations obse…

Safe
Current and Historical Geolocation Divergence

It indicates that the geolocation of the domain’s currently active IP addresses significantly differs from the geolocati…

Malicious
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