172.86.88.188

172.86.88.188 is an IP address that 4 published sources report in connection with Contagious Interview and Lazarus Group activity, which public reporting attributes to North Korea (DPRK). It is cited here from Cisco Talos, Ransom-ISAC, blog.talosintelligence.com and Cisco Talos (GitHub IOC repository). The earliest of those reports is dated 2025-10-16 and the most recent 2026-10-18.

ip address Contagious InterviewLazarus Group MATCHED IN SOURCE

First seen 2025-10-16 · last seen 2026-10-18

Network

Kinddata centre
NetworkRouterHosting LLC (FranTech Solutions)
Announced byAS14956 RouterHosting LLC
CountryUnited States
Flagshosting range

Looked up 2026-09-21 at ip-api.com. A hosting range is not evidence on its own.

Sources

  • …data and the captured screenshots are uploaded to the OtterCookie C2 server at a specific TCP port 1478, using the URL “http[://]172.86.88.188:1478/upload”.…
    BeaverTail and OtterCookie evolve with a new Javascript module — Cisco Talos · under “Keylogging and screenshotting module” · published 2025-10-16 · pulled 2026-09-12
  • …Cisco Talos - Beavertail and Ottercookie IP Address ASN Notes 23.227.202.244 HVC-AS Similar HTTP headers to socket.io C2 172.86.88.188 ROUTERHOSTING Nothing of significance to mention 138.201.50.5 Hetzner Online GmbH Same ASN as Cluster-3 135.181.123.177 Hetzner…
    Cross-Chain TxDataHiding Crypto Heist: A Very Chainful Process (Part 1) — Ransom-ISAC · under “Source1: Cisco Talos - Beavertail and Ottercookie” · published 2025-11-13 · pulled 2026-09-12
  • …data and the captured screenshots are uploaded to the OtterCookie C2 server at a specific TCP port 1478, using the URL “http[://]172.86.88.188:1478/upload”.…
    BeaverTail and OtterCookie evolve with a new Javascript module · under “Keylogging and screenshotting module” · published 2025-10-16 · pulled 2026-09-18
  • Nearby text:

    …:1224/client/14/144 http://23.227.202.244:1224/payload/14/144 http://23.227.202.244:1224/brow/14/144 http://23.227.202.244:1224/keys http://172.86.88.188:1418/socket.io/ http://172.86.88.188:1476/upload http://172.86.88.188/api/service/makelog http://172.86.88.188/api/service/process/c841b6c4…
    BeaverTail and OtterCookie — Cisco Talos (GitHub IOC repository) · published 2025-10-16 · pulled 2026-09-29

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