136.117.73.244
Case file
First seen on 2026-09-19T02:30:53Z, most recently active on 2026-09-29T12:55:56Z.
Recorded 10 attack-shaped requests across 2 separate days.
Its traffic requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable; it also requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials; it also requested a common cloud/app secrets or credentials filename (AWS, GCP, Firebase, Kubernetes service-account token, SSH, master key) from a wordlist, hoping one was left in the webroot.
Seen from 2 of our sensors: edge, nl4-web.
Scored into the "Brute" level, carrying the badges Regular, Toolkit.
Routed via AS396982 (Google LLC), an ASN we classify as cloud.
Blocked on every one of our hosts and at our edge since 2026-10-04T17:50:03Z, through 2027-01-02T17:50:03Z.
Enrichment
| rDNS | 244.73.117.136.bc.googleusercontent.com |
|---|---|
| ASN | AS396982 — Google LLC |
| ASN type | cloud |
| Country | United States (US) |
| Flags | Cloud range |
Timeline
- 2026-09-191
- 2026-09-299
Evidence (newest first, up to 50)
| Time (UTC) | Vantage | Site | Class | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19T02:30:53Z | edge | techauthors.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-19T02:30:53Z","ip":"136.117.73.244","zone":"techauthors.eu","host":"techauthors.eu","path":"/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.0 Safari/605.1.15","action":"block","source":… | |
| 2026-09-29T12:55:53Z – 2026-09-29T12:55:54Z ×2 | nl4-web | obdebug.com | 2 × requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | [Tue Sep 29 15:55:54.238486 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-09-29T12:55:56Z | nl4-web | obdebug.com | requested an AWS credentials file left in a web-accessible path by mistake | 404 | 136.117.73.244 - - [29/Sep/2026:15:55:56 +0300] "GET /.aws/credentials HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:138.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/138.0" |
| 2026-09-29T12:55:56Z | nl4-web | obdebug.com | requested docker-compose.yml, which often contains embedded passwords and connection strings | 404 | 136.117.73.244 - - [29/Sep/2026:15:55:56 +0300] "GET /docker-compose.yml HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:138.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/138.0" |
| 2026-09-29T12:55:54Z | nl4-web | obdebug.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 136.117.73.244 - - [29/Sep/2026:15:55:54 +0300] "GET /.env.production HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:138.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/138.0" |
| 2026-09-29T12:55:54Z | nl4-web | obdebug.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 136.117.73.244 - - [29/Sep/2026:15:55:54 +0300] "GET /.env HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:138.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/138.0" |
| 2026-09-29T12:55:54Z | nl4-web | obdebug.com | requested a common cloud/app secrets or credentials filename (AWS, GCP, Firebase, Kubernetes service-account token, SSH, master key) from a wordlist, hoping one was left in the webroot | 404 | 136.117.73.244 - - [29/Sep/2026:15:55:54 +0300] "GET /.git-credentials HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:138.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/138.0" |
| 2026-09-29T12:55:54Z | nl4-web | obdebug.com | requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | 136.117.73.244 - - [29/Sep/2026:15:55:54 +0300] "GET /.git/credentials HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:138.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/138.0" |
| 2026-09-29T12:55:53Z | nl4-web | obdebug.com | probed for an exposed .git directory to download the site's source history and config | 403 | 136.117.73.244 - - [29/Sep/2026:15:55:53 +0300] "GET /.git/config HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:138.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/138.0" |
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