Security Report for IP:
40.77.167.1
Verified Official Crawler (Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler)
🟦 Verified Official Web Crawler: Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler (Microsoft Corporation)
Official search engine and AI crawler operated by Microsoft for Bing Search and Microsoft Copilot indexation.
✓ Status: Legitimate Automated System. This host crawls the web according to standard
robots.txt guidelines and does not engage in abusive or unauthorized scraping.
⚠️ Third-Party Reputation Alert
This IP address was reported in public crowdsourced blacklists (such as CleanTalk or NERD OSINT). It has not been observed in active automated attacks on our real-time honeypot sensors. Such records frequently arise from past temporary malware infections, dynamic ISP IP reallocations, or spoofed proxy headers.
| IP Address (Exact) | 40.77.167.1 |
| Reverse DNS (PTR) | msnbot-40-77-167-1.search.msn.com |
| Location / Country | 🇺🇸 United States (US) |
| ISP / Organization | Microsoft Corporation |
| Evaluation Verdict | Verified Official Crawler (Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler) |
| First Detected | Today |
| Last Incident Recorded | No attacks recorded |
Identified Attack Patterns & Activity
| Detected Attack Type / Pattern | Recorded Hits | Last Incident (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| [!] Historical Abuse Record (CleanTalk Web OSINT) | 1 requests | 2026-10-07 19:25:41 |
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Frequently Asked Questions & Host Intelligence
40.77.167.1
Full reputation profile and security audit for IP address
40.77.167.1: evaluated as Verified Official Crawler (Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler). Reverse DNS: msnbot-40-77-167-1.search.msn.com • ISP: Microsoft Corporation.
Is 40.77.167.1 a bot?
40.77.167.1 is currently evaluated as: Verified Official Crawler (Microsoft Bingbot & Copilot Crawler).
40.77.167.1 whois & host details
Reverse DNS (PTR):
msnbot-40-77-167-1.search.msn.com • ISP: Microsoft Corporation.
40.77.167.1 abuse report
Zero malicious abuse complaints or active scraping incidents recorded in this monitoring cycle.
Who owns 40.77.167.1?
40.77.167.1 is allocated to Microsoft Corporation in United States.