178.16.54.184
blockedScannerRegular
Case file
First seen on 2026-09-20T05:30:44Z, most recently active on 2026-09-21T07:17:58Z.
Recorded 22 attack-shaped requests across 2 separate days.
Its traffic requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text.
Seen from 1 of our sensors: edge.
Scored into the "Scanner" level, carrying the badge Regular.
Routed via AS202412 (Omegatech LTD), an ASN we classify as hosting.
Blocked on every one of our hosts and at our edge since 2026-10-04T15:29:58Z, through 2027-10-04T15:29:58Z.
Enrichment
| rDNS | none |
|---|---|
| ASN | AS202412 — Omegatech LTD |
| ASN type | hosting |
| Country | The Netherlands (NL) |
| Flags | none observed |
Timeline
- 2026-09-206
- 2026-09-2116
Evidence (newest first, up to 50)
| Time (UTC) | Vantage | Site | Class | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21T07:17:58Z | edge | talentagents.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T07:17:58Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"talentagents.eu","host":"talentagents.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.old","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"… | |
| 2026-09-21T07:17:58Z | edge | talentagents.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T07:17:58Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"talentagents.eu","host":"talentagents.eu","path":"/.wp-config.php.swp","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":… | |
| 2026-09-21T07:17:58Z | edge | talentagents.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T07:17:58Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"talentagents.eu","host":"talentagents.eu","path":"/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL",… | |
| 2026-09-21T07:17:58Z | edge | talentagents.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T07:17:58Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"talentagents.eu","host":"talentagents.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.backup","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country… | |
| 2026-09-21T07:17:58Z | edge | talentagents.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T07:17:58Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"talentagents.eu","host":"talentagents.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"… | |
| 2026-09-21T07:17:58Z | edge | talentagents.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T07:17:58Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"talentagents.eu","host":"talentagents.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.save","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":… | |
| 2026-09-21T07:17:57Z | edge | talentagents.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T07:17:57Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"talentagents.eu","host":"talentagents.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.swp","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"… | |
| 2026-09-21T07:17:57Z | edge | talentagents.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T07:17:57Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"talentagents.eu","host":"talentagents.eu","path":"/wp-config.php~","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL"… | |
| 2026-09-20T05:30:44Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-20T05:30:44Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php~","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","… | |
| 2026-09-20T05:30:44Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-20T05:30:44Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL… | |
| 2026-09-20T05:30:44Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-20T05:30:44Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php.save","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"N… | |
| 2026-09-20T05:30:44Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-20T05:30:44Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php.old","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL… | |
| 2026-09-20T05:30:44Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-20T05:30:44Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","a… | |
| 2026-09-20T05:30:44Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-20T05:30:44Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php.backup","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":… | |
| 2026-09-21T04:22:26Z | edge | bgpoet.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T04:22:26Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"bgpoet.com","host":"www.bgpoet.com","path":"/wp-config.php~","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_… | |
| 2026-09-21T04:22:26Z | edge | bgpoet.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T04:22:26Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"bgpoet.com","host":"www.bgpoet.com","path":"/.wp-config.php.swp","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","… | |
| 2026-09-21T04:22:26Z | edge | bgpoet.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T04:22:26Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"bgpoet.com","host":"www.bgpoet.com","path":"/wp-config.php.backup","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL"… | |
| 2026-09-21T04:22:26Z | edge | bgpoet.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T04:22:26Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"bgpoet.com","host":"www.bgpoet.com","path":"/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_o… | |
| 2026-09-21T04:22:26Z | edge | bgpoet.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T04:22:26Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"bgpoet.com","host":"www.bgpoet.com","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","a… | |
| 2026-09-21T04:22:26Z | edge | bgpoet.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T04:22:26Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"bgpoet.com","host":"www.bgpoet.com","path":"/wp-config.php.swp","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","a… | |
| 2026-09-21T04:22:26Z | edge | bgpoet.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T04:22:26Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"bgpoet.com","host":"www.bgpoet.com","path":"/wp-config.php.save","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","… | |
| 2026-09-21T04:22:26Z | edge | bgpoet.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-21T04:22:26Z","ip":"178.16.54.184","zone":"bgpoet.com","host":"www.bgpoet.com","path":"/wp-config.php.old","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","a… |
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