34.121.154.98

Blocked Scanner Night Owl Toolkit

Blocked since 17 Oct 2026 16:54 UTC, no end date. Our servers refuse it, web requests included, and it is in feed.txt.

Record

Score: 49/100each request counts half as much after 30 days
Worst level: Brute
Attack-shaped requests: 249all time
Active days: 1UTC days
First seen: 29 Sep 2026
Last seen: 29 Sep 2026 04:56
Servers hit: 2
Targets: 1site
Times blocked: 1by the evidence rules

First seen on 29 Sep 2026 04:56 UTC, most recently active on 29 Sep 2026 04:56 UTC.

Recorded 249 attack-shaped requests across 1 separate day.

Its traffic requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials (203 requests); it also requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place (28); it also fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds (9); 3 requests matched no known pattern.

Seen by our edge, panel and web sensors, against techauthors.eu.

Scored into the "Scanner" level now; the highest it has reached is "Brute". Badges: Night Owl and Toolkit.

Its busiest hour on record began 29 Sep 2026 04:00 UTC, with 249 requests.

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

Surfaces: panel, web-app. Attack types: known exploits, scanning, hunting for secrets. Seen by: edge, panel, 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
29 Sep 2026	249

At least 249 requests a minute at its peak (29 Sep 2026 04:56 UTC; identical requests in the same second are stored once).
Methods: GET 246, POST 3.
The servers we watch answered: 404 239, 403 5, 301 4 (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
29 Sep 2026
04:56	techauthors.eu	probed the WordPress GravitySMTP plugin's REST test mock-data route, a known information-disclosure endpoint	`GET /wp-json/gravitysmtp/v1/tests/mock-data?`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	9× requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place (9 distinct paths)	`GET /includes/phpinfo.php`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place	`GET /preview/phpinfo.php`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	4× requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place (4 distinct paths)	`GET /qa/phpinfo.php`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	made a request that matched no known pattern	`GET /phpinfo.php.save`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	requested a database dump or site archive by its common backup filename	`GET /info.php.bak`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	made a request that matched no known pattern	`GET /phpinfo.php.old`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	requested a database dump or site archive by its common backup filename	`GET /phpinfo.php.bak`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	2× requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place (2 distinct paths)	`GET /smtp/phpinfo.php`	browser claim	web
04:56		requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place	`GET //phpinfo.php`	browser claim	panel
04:56		requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place	`GET //phpinfo.php`	browser claim	panel
04:56	techauthors.eu	requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place	`GET /hosting/phpinfo.php`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place	`GET /cpanel/phpinfo.php`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place	`GET /mail/phpinfo.php`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds	`GET /phpversion.php`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	6× requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place (6 distinct paths)	`GET /public/phpinfo.php`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	8× fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds (8 distinct paths)	`GET /debug.php`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	requested phpinfo.php, which dumps the full PHP configuration and environment if left in place	`GET /phpinfo.php`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	6× requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials (6 distinct paths)	`GET /config/app/.env`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials	`GET /preview/.env`	browser claim	web
04:56	techauthors.eu	requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials	`GET /qa/.env`	browser claim	web

Network

ASN: AS396982 Google LLC
Network type: cloud
Reverse DNS: 98.154.121.34.bc.googleusercontent.com
Country: United States US
Flags: cloud range (GCP)
Abuse contact: found in the registry
Checked: 16 Oct 2026

Elsewhere: GreyNoise, Shodan, AbuseIPDB.

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