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High-Risk Blacklist Sources

It means the IP address appears in at least one threat intelligence blacklist, indicating it has been associated with suspicious or malicious activity such as spam, scanning or malware hosting.

Also surfaces as:
Multiple High-Risk Blacklist SourcesModerate-Risk Blacklist SourcesContextual or Non-Routable Sources
Analyst Q&A

What this signal answers

The questions every analyst asks before acting on this signal.

What it detects01

What does the 'IP Blacklisted' signal indicate?

It means the IP address appears in at least one threat intelligence blacklist, indicating it has been associated with suspicious or malicious activity such as spam, scanning or malware hosting.

Why it matters02

What does 'IP Blacklisted by Multiple Sources' mean?

It shows that several independent blacklist providers report the same IP, which strongly increases confidence that the IP is part of abused or malicious infrastructure rather than a one-off false positive.

How analysts use it03

What does 'IP Blacklisted by High-Confidence Sources' mean for SOC analysis?

It indicates that the IP is listed by high-quality or curated feeds that have low false-positive rates, making this one of the strongest signals that traffic to or from this IP should be treated as high risk.

Often paired with:block_domain
Evidence shape

What High-Risk Blacklist Sources 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": "ip_blacklisted",
  "name": "High-Risk Blacklist Sources",
  "group": "threat_intelligence_feed",
  "subgroup": "ip_blacklist_reputation",
  "direction": "malicious",
  "evidence": {
    "blacklist_count": 7,
    "listing_sources": [
      "spamhaus",
      "abuseipdb",
      "uribl"
    ],
    "first_listed_days_ago": 3,
    "last_listed_days_ago": 0
  }
}
See in API reference
Siblings

Peers in IP Blacklist & Reputation

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

Fast Emerging Blacklist IP

It indicates that the IP was listed on blacklist feeds very shortly after the IP block or infrastructure was registered …

MaliciousCore
IP Blacklisted Recently (High Freshness)

It means the IP has appeared in one or more threat intelligence blacklist datasets, indicating that it has been associat…

Malicious
Multi Group Blacklist Match

It means the IP matches several independent blacklist groups simultaneously, such as spam, malware hosting, scanning, bo…

Malicious
Anonymizer/VPN/Proxy IP Detected

The domain's IP is associated with anonymization services such as VPN providers, Tor exit nodes, or proxy networks.

Malicious
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