109.238.87.253

Blocked Persistent Toolkit

Blocked since 14 Oct 2026 16:02 UTC, no end date. Our servers refuse it, web requests included, and it is in feed.txt.

Record

Score: 50/100each request counts half as much after 30 days
Worst level: Persistent
Attack-shaped requests: 2,306all time
Active days: 1UTC days
First seen: 14 Oct 2026
Last seen: 14 Oct 2026 18:42
Servers hit: 2
Targets: 1site
Times blocked: 0by the evidence rules

First seen on 14 Oct 2026 15:51 UTC, most recently active on 14 Oct 2026 18:42 UTC.

Recorded 2,306 attack-shaped requests across 1 separate day.

Its traffic requested a database dump or site archive by its common backup filename (399 requests); it also requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials (20); it also submitted credentials to a decoy login form designed to capture, never validate, them (19); 1,791 requests matched no known pattern.

Seen by our edge, ssh and web sensors, against 4emx.com.

Scored into the "Persistent" level, its highest so far. Badge: Toolkit.

Its busiest hour on record began 14 Oct 2026 16:00 UTC, with 484 requests.

Routed via AS55286 (B2 Net Solutions Inc.), a home broadband network.

Surfaces: honeypot, web-app. Attack types: password spraying, leaked-password reuse, known exploits, injection, scanning, hunting for secrets. Seen by: edge, ssh, web.

Activity, last 90 days

Active on 1 of the last 90 UTC days. Current block: 14 Oct 2026, with no end date.

Daily counts

Attack requests per UTC day, days with activity only
Day (UTC)	Requests
14 Oct 2026	515

At least 214 requests a minute at its peak (14 Oct 2026 16:03 UTC; identical requests in the same second are stored once).
Methods: GET 2,280, POST 53, PUT 1.
The servers we watch answered: 404 436, 403 32, 200 21 (totals only, from our web servers).

Evidence

Newest first, the latest 50 stored requests grouped into runs. Times are UTC. The user agent is shown as its family only.

Evidence, newest first, grouped by UTC day
Time	Site	What happened	Request	User agent	Seen by
14 Oct 2026
18:42	4emx.com	was turned away at the edge because the address is already on our block list; not counted as new evidence	`PUT /put_test_88800.txt`	browser claim	edge
18:40-18:42	4emx.com	32× was turned away at the edge because the address is already on our block list; not counted as new evidence (31 distinct paths)	`GET /api/v1/logs`	browser claim	edge
18:40	4emx.com	was turned away at the edge because the address is already on our block list; not counted as new evidence	`POST /api/v1/file-entries/download-urls`	browser claim	edge
18:39-18:40	4emx.com	15× was turned away at the edge because the address is already on our block list; not counted as new evidence (15 distinct paths)	`GET /api/v1/debug/vars`	browser claim	edge
18:39	4emx.com	was turned away at the edge because the address is already on our block list; not counted as new evidence	`POST /api/v1/file-entries/upload`	browser claim	edge

Network

ASN: AS55286 B2 Net Solutions Inc.
Network type: home broadband
Reverse DNS: none
Country: United States US
Flags: none observed
Abuse contact: found in the registry
Checked: 14 Oct 2026

Elsewhere: GreyNoise, Shodan, AbuseIPDB.

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