178.16.54.197

Blocked Persistent Toolkit

Blocked since UTC, no end date. Our servers refuse it, web requests included, and it is in feed.txt.

Record

Score
42/100each request counts half as much after 30 days
Worst level
Persistent
Attack-shaped requests
280all time
Active days
1UTC days
First seen
Last seen
Servers hit
3
Targets
2sites
Times blocked
0by the evidence rules

First seen on UTC, most recently active on UTC.

Recorded 280 attack-shaped requests across 1 separate day.

Its traffic requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials (136 requests); 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 (32); it also requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable (16).

Seen by our edge and web sensors, against 2 of the sites we watch: bgpoet.com and carrentvarna.com.

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

Its busiest hour on record began UTC, with 280 requests.

Routed via AS202412 (Omegatech LTD), a hosting network.

Surfaces: web-app. Attack types: password spraying, scanning, hunting for secrets. Seen by: edge, web.

Activity, last 90 days

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

Daily counts
Attack requests per UTC day, days with activity only
Day (UTC)Requests
280
  • At least 141 requests a minute at its peak ( UTC; identical requests in the same second are stored once).
  • Methods: GET 282.
  • The servers we watch answered: 403 212, 404 110 (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
TimeSiteWhat happenedRequestUser agentSeen by
bgpoet.com2× probed a Spring Boot actuator endpoint, which can leak environment variables and internal config if left open/actuatornoneweb
bgpoet.comrequested a private SSH key file by its conventional nameGET /.ssh/id_rsa.pubbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested .htaccess or .htpasswd, which can leak access rules or password hashesGET /.htpasswdbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested a private SSH key file by its conventional nameGET /.ssh/id_rsabrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comtried to read /proc/self/environ to dump process environment variables, usually via a traversal or inclusion flawGET /proc/self/environbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested .htaccess or .htpasswd, which can leak access rules or password hashesGET /.htaccessbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comprobed a Spring Boot actuator endpoint, which can leak environment variables and internal config if left openGET /actuator/heapdumpbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.com2× fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds (2 distinct paths)GET /config.phpbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in placeGET /phpinfo.phpbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comprobed a Spring Boot actuator endpoint, which can leak environment variables and internal config if left openGET /actuator/configpropsbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comfuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that respondsGET /info.phpbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested 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 webrootGET /stripe.config.jsbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.com2× probed a Spring Boot actuator endpoint, which can leak environment variables and internal config if left open/actuatornoneweb
bgpoet.comrequested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable/.gitnoneweb
bgpoet.com3× requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text (3 distinct paths)GET /wp-config.php.bakbrowser claimedge
bgpoet.com2× probed a Spring Boot actuator endpoint, which can leak environment variables and internal config if left open (2 distinct paths)GET /actuator/envbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.commade a request that matched no known patternGET /configuration.phpbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.com2× requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials (2 distinct paths)GET /sendgrid.envbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.com2× 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 (2 distinct paths)GET /stripe-credentials.jsonbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested a config/credentials filename naming an AI API provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter), hoping an LLM API key was left in the webrootGET /anthropic.jsonbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentialsGET /sendgrid/.envbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.com2× 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 (2 distinct paths)GET /secrets.jsonbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.commade a request that matched no known patternGET /ormconfig.jsonbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested a config.json file, hoping it exposes API keys or internal settingsGET /docker/overlay/config.jsonbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.commade a request that matched no known patternGET /.kube/configbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested docker-compose.yml, which often contains embedded passwords and connection stringsGET /docker-compose.yamlbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentialsGET /docker-secrets.envbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.commade a request that matched no known patternGET /.circleci/config.ymlbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested docker-compose.yml, which often contains embedded passwords and connection stringsGET /docker-compose.ymlbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsableGET /.git/logs/refs/heads/masterbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.com4× requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable/.gitnoneweb
bgpoet.com3× probed for an exposed .git directory to download the site's source history and config (3 distinct paths)GET /.git/configbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.com2× made a request that matched no known pattern (2 distinct paths)GET /terraform.tfstate.backupbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsableGET /.git/logs/refs/heads/mainbrowser claimweb
bgpoet.comrequested 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 webrootGET /.git-credentialsbrowser claimweb

Network

ASN
AS202412 Omegatech LTD
Network type
hosting
Reverse DNS
none
Country
The Netherlands NL
Flags
none observed
Abuse contact
found in the registry
Checked

Elsewhere: GreyNoise, Shodan, AbuseIPDB.

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