20.194.96.114
blockedRelentlessRegularToolkitCampaign member
Case file
First seen on 2026-10-03T07:04:13Z, most recently active on 2026-10-04T17:42:49Z.
Recorded 2535 attack-shaped requests across 2 separate days.
Its traffic fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds; it also probed a WordPress admin/content path used to fingerprint the installation or hunt for an exposed upload/plugin surface; it also requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins.
Seen from 3 of our sensors: edge, nl4-web, s19-web.
Scored into the "Relentless" level, carrying the badges Regular, Toolkit, Campaign member.
Routed via AS8075 (Microsoft Corporation), an ASN we classify as cloud.
Blocked on every one of our hosts and at our edge since 2026-10-04T15:29:58Z, through 2027-01-02T15:29:58Z.
Correlated with other addresses sharing the same signature under campaign "6f85ee4232a8a22c".
Enrichment
| rDNS | none |
|---|---|
| ASN | AS8075 — Microsoft Corporation |
| ASN type | cloud |
| Country | South Korea (KR) |
| Flags | none observed |
Timeline
- 2026-10-031272
- 2026-10-041263
Evidence (newest first, up to 50)
| Time (UTC) | Vantage | Site | Class | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-04T17:42:49Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | requested a WordPress core file used to fingerprint the installed version and active plugins | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:49 +0300] "GET /wp-includes/IXR/ HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:48Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:48 +0300] "GET /wp-content/packed.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:48Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:48 +0300] "GET /wp-config-sample.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:48Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:48 +0300] "GET /wp-admin/network/ HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:48Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:48 +0300] "GET /wp-admin/images/ HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:47Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | probed a WordPress admin/content path used to fingerprint the installation or hunt for an exposed upload/plugin surface | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:47 +0300] "GET /wp-admin.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:46Z – 2026-10-04T17:42:47Z ×4 | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | 4 × fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:47 +0300] "GET /txets.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (4 distinct paths) |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:46Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | probed a WordPress admin/content path used to fingerprint the installation or hunt for an exposed upload/plugin surface | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:46 +0300] "GET /wp-admin/css/colors/modern/ HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:44Z – 2026-10-04T17:42:45Z ×4 | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | 4 × fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:45 +0300] "GET /install.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (4 distinct paths) |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:44Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:44 +0300] "GET /wp-content/about.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:44Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:44 +0300] "GET /xx.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:43Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:43 +0300] "GET /admin/function.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:43Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:43 +0300] "GET /ws77.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:43Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | probed wp-includes/PHPMailer/, a WordPress core library directory commonly used to drop a webshell after a prior compromise | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:43 +0300] "GET /wp-includes/PHPMailer/ HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:42Z – 2026-10-04T17:42:43Z ×2 | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | 2 × fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:43 +0300] "GET /dvve.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (2 distinct paths) |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:42Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:42 +0300] "GET /wp-content/themes/pridmag/b.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:42Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:42 +0300] "GET /wp-content/plugins/core-plugin/include.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:41Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:41 +0300] "GET /wp-admin/index.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:41Z – 2026-10-04T17:42:41Z ×2 | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | 2 × fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:41 +0300] "GET /av.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (2 distinct paths) |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:41Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:41 +0300] "GET /wp-includes/bk/ HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:40Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:40 +0300] "GET /ant.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:39Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:39 +0300] "GET /wp-content/upgrade/index.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:39Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:39 +0300] "GET /wp-admin/css/colors/blue/index.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:38Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:38 +0300] "GET /lu4.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:38Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | requested xmlrpc.php, which exposes a multicall method commonly abused to spray WordPress credentials and relay pingback floods | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:38 +0300] "GET /xmlrpc.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:38Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:38 +0300] "GET /wp-includes/ID3/index.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:36Z – 2026-10-04T17:42:37Z ×3 | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | 3 × fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:37 +0300] "GET /xda.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (3 distinct paths) |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:36Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:36 +0300] "GET /wp-admin/js/widgets/ HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:35Z – 2026-10-04T17:42:36Z ×2 | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | 2 × fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:36 +0300] "GET /new.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (2 distinct paths) |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:35Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:35 +0300] "GET /wp-content/plugins/beteng88/ws83.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:35Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:35 +0300] "GET /wp-content/min.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:35Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:35 +0300] "GET /core.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:34Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:34 +0300] "GET /wp-content/plugins/admin.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T17:42:33Z – 2026-10-04T17:42:34Z ×6 | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | 6 × fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 20.194.96.114 - - [04/Oct/2026:20:42:34 +0300] "GET /vc.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (6 distinct paths) |
Report history
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Campaign membership: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36|/wp-admin/maint/ (3 addresses correlated) — no standalone campaign page yet.
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