Shame on you, stupid spammers.. Sh4meful  DMARC Spoof Detection

IP Address: 74.203.185.12

This page shows DMARC authentication failure data for this IP address. Learn more about this data.

Geolocation Information
Country:
US United States
Coordinates:
37.751, -97.822
WHOIS Information
Network Name:
TWTC-NETBLK-9
CIDR:
74.202.0.0/15
Owner:
Level 3 Parent, LLC
Org ID:
LPL-141
Address:
100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, LA 71203
Reverse DNS:
zixmt1.zixworks.com
Last updated: 2/5/2026

Analysis

This IP has generated DMARC authentication failures across 20 messages between September 13, 2024 and June 28, 2025. Every message observed from this source failed both SPF and DKIM verification. Receiving mail providers applied a reject disposition, refusing delivery outright.

The reverse DNS record resolves to zixmt1.zixworks.com. Whether this represents legitimate mail infrastructure depends on whether the hostname aligns with the domains this address is claiming to send on behalf of.

Geolocation places the host in United States, on infrastructure operated by Level 3 Parent, LLC. Abuse-reporting channels in this jurisdiction are generally responsive, and reports to the network operator can result in timely remediation.

The address is registered to Level 3 Parent, LLC (TWTC-NETBLK-9). Enterprise-registered addresses that appear in DMARC failure data are typically either compromised hosts on the organization's network or outbound mail relays that are not properly authorized in the domain's SPF record.

Across the wider TWTC-NETBLK-9 network, 2 distinct IPs have been associated with 13 authentication failures over 21 observed messages, spanning 1 country. Activity on this network is sparse in this dataset, suggesting isolated rather than systematic abuse.

If your domain appears in the From header of mail from this address, treat it as probable spoofing. Verify that your SPF record does not authorize this host, directly or through nested include mechanisms, and that no DKIM selector you publish has been issued to it. If both checks come back clean, the receiver's reject action is doing its job.

Your DMARC policy posture matters more than any IP-level response here. The enforcement action applied to this mail indicates your policy is already providing protection. Maintaining p=reject across all your domains closes the gap for attackers who manage partial alignment. Domains that remain at p=none long-term tend to be impersonated repeatedly, because the cost to the attacker of attempting is effectively zero.

Blocking this individual address has limited durability: an attacker can rotate to another address in the same /24 subnet at effectively zero cost. More durable responses include monitoring aggregate DMARC reports so new sources are visible as they emerge, tightening SPF to remove overly permissive include chains or +all mechanisms, and ensuring DKIM is signing every legitimate outbound stream so alignment failures are unambiguous. The formal abuse contact for Level 3 Parent, LLC is listed in ARIN WHOIS records, and timely remediation is achievable through that channel.

Failures Detected from this IP
Showing 1-12 of 12 failures, affecting 20 messages
Date โ–ผ Messages
6/28/2025 2
6/27/2025 1
12/5/2024 2
12/4/2024 2
11/21/2024 1
11/20/2024 1
11/12/2024 2
10/23/2024 2
9/27/2024 3
9/20/2024 1
9/18/2024 2
9/13/2024 1
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Nearby IPs

Other IPs in the 74.203.185.0/24 range observed failing DMARC:

74.203.185.83 (1 failure)