Sh4mefulIP Address: 40.93.78.51 ⚠ IP Confounder
Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is a cloud-based email filtering service included with all Microsoft 365 subscriptions to protect against spam, malware, and phishing attacks. It automatically secures mailboxes by filtering incoming and outgoing messages in real-time using anti-spam, anti-malware, and content filters. During periods of active campaign activity, these can largely be ignored (esp. when recipients are on Exchange). However, forged emails have been observed from Microsoft infrastructure that have this signature too.
Differentiating between Office 365, including email protection services, and Azure (public cloud) when diagnosing incidents is challenging because they utilize shared Microsoft-owned IP ranges. Most of this is probably O365/Outlook or Defender protection breaking DKIM and SPF authentication. Disambiguation is a work-in-progress.
This page shows DMARC authentication failure data for this IP address. Learn more about this data.
Geolocation Information
- Country:
- DE Germany
- Region:
- Hesse
- City:
- Frankfurt am Main
- Coordinates:
- 50.1169, 8.6837
WHOIS Information
- Network Name:
- MSFT
- CIDR:
40.124.0.0/16, 40.80.0.0/12, 40.74.0.0/15, 40.112.0.0/13, 40.96.0.0/12, 40.76.0.0/14, 40.120.0.0/14, 40.125.0.0/17- Owner:
- Microsoft Corporation
- Org ID:
MSFT- Address:
- One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052
- Reverse DNS:
-
mail-germanywestcentralazlp17012051.outbound.protection.outlook.com
Last updated: 2/5/2026
Analysis
This IP was first observed on September 13, 2024 and most recently on November 12, 2024. It has been associated with 2 failed authentication events affecting 2 messages, representing low but recurring activity. The IP belongs to MSFT (Microsoft Corporation), a network with activity associated with Germany. 4 other IPs in the same /24 subnet (40.93.78.*) also appear in this dataset.
Network Topology
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Nearby IPs
Other IPs in the 40.93.78.0/24 range observed failing DMARC:
40.93.78.52 (2 failures), 40.93.78.4 (1 failure), 40.93.78.48 (1 failure), 40.93.78.5 (1 failure)