How to Detect Suspicious IP Addresses by Oğuzhan Öztürk

One of the most important talents a cybersecurity expert must have is the ability to detect and block a suspicious IP address. What is an IP address? IP address (also known as the Internet Protocol Address) is a label assigned to every single device connected to the internet. This label consists of numbers and is unique. Assigning an IP address to the devices with an internet connection serves two purposes: identification and addressing. With the help of IP addresses, one can identify the host and/or the network, and address the location of the device. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (also known as the IANA) manages the IP address space globally and has five distinct regional Internet Registries that manage different regions on the globe. There are two different versions of the IP addresses. One is a rather dated version called ARPANET which was first used in 1983. The other one is called Internet Protocol....