136.87.96.231

Blocked Script Kiddie

Blocked since 17 Oct 2026 16:57 UTC, no end date. Our servers refuse it, web requests included, and it is in feed.txt.

Record

Score: 32/100each request counts half as much after 30 days
Worst level: Scanner
Attack-shaped requests: 18all time
Active days: 1UTC days
First seen: 15 Oct 2026
Last seen: 15 Oct 2026 06:42
Servers hit: 2
Targets: 1site
Times blocked: 1by the evidence rules

First seen on 15 Oct 2026 06:42 UTC, most recently active on 15 Oct 2026 06:42 UTC.

Recorded 18 attack-shaped requests across 1 separate day.

Its traffic requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins (16 requests); it also requested a decoy path that only a scanner would ask for (1); it also requested xmlrpc.php, which exposes a multicall method commonly abused to spray WordPress credentials and relay pingback floods (1).

Seen by our web sensor, against 4emx.com.

Scored into the "Script Kiddie" level now; the highest it has reached is "Scanner".

Its busiest hour on record began 15 Oct 2026 06:00 UTC, with 18 requests.

Routed via AS396982 (Google LLC), a cloud network.

Surfaces: honeypot, web-app. Attack types: password spraying, scanning. Seen by: web.

Activity, last 90 days

Active on 1 of the last 90 UTC days. Current block: 17 Oct 2026, with no end date.

Daily counts

Attack requests per UTC day, days with activity only
Day (UTC)	Requests
15 Oct 2026	18

At least 18 requests a minute at its peak (15 Oct 2026 06:42 UTC; identical requests in the same second are stored once).
Methods: GET 18.
The servers we watch answered: 404 16, 405 2 (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
15 Oct 2026
06:42	4emx.com	15× requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins (15 distinct paths)	`GET //sito/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml`	browser claim	web
06:42	4emx.com	requested xmlrpc.php, which exposes a multicall method commonly abused to spray WordPress credentials and relay pingback floods	`GET //xmlrpc.php?`	browser claim	web
06:42	4emx.com	requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins	`GET //wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml`	browser claim	web
06:42	4emx.com	requested a decoy path that only a scanner would ask for	`GET //xmlrpc.php?`	browser claim	web

Network

ASN: AS396982 Google LLC
Network type: cloud
Reverse DNS: 231.96.87.136.bc.googleusercontent.com
Country: United States US
Flags: cloud range (GCP)
Abuse contact: found in the registry
Checked: 15 Oct 2026

Elsewhere: GreyNoise, Shodan, AbuseIPDB.

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