34.182.138.40

Blocked here

Blocked on our servers, including web requests through Cloudflare, since 15 Oct 2026 21:32 UTC, within minutes of its first clear attacks; not in feed.txt.

Record

Score: 38/100each request counts half as much after 30 days
Worst level: Persistent
Attack-shaped requests: 92all time
Active days: 1UTC days
First seen: 15 Oct 2026
Last seen: 15 Oct 2026 21:29
Servers hit: 2
Targets: 1site
Times blocked: 0by the evidence rules

First seen on 15 Oct 2026 21:28 UTC, most recently active on 15 Oct 2026 21:29 UTC.

Recorded 92 attack-shaped requests across 1 separate day.

Its traffic requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials (30 requests); it also used a directory-traversal segment (literal or percent-encoded ../) in the request path to try to escape the web root (16); it also triggered Cloudflare's managed rule for a Next.js server-action request-smuggling/RCE attempt (11).

Seen by our edge and web sensors, against techwriters.eu.

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

Its busiest hour on record began 15 Oct 2026 21:00 UTC, with 92 requests.

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

Surfaces: web-app. Attack types: known exploits, injection, scanning, hunting for secrets. Seen by: edge, web.

Activity, last 90 days

Active on 1 of the last 90 UTC days. Current block: 15 Oct 2026 to 15 Oct 2027.

Daily counts

Attack requests per UTC day, days with activity only
Day (UTC)	Requests
15 Oct 2026	92

At least 90 requests a minute at its peak (15 Oct 2026 21:29 UTC; identical requests in the same second are stored once).
Methods: GET 79, POST 12.
The servers we watch answered: 404 74, 403 12 (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
21:29	techwriters.eu	2× sent a request whose combined suspicious-pattern score crossed the web firewall's alert threshold; the request was observed and not blocked (2 distinct paths)	`/icecoder/lib/file-control.php`	none	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	9× triggered Cloudflare's managed rule for a Next.js server-action request-smuggling/RCE attempt (9 distinct paths)	`POST /api/auth`	declared bot	edge
21:29	techwriters.eu	swept a generic login/signup/account/dashboard route this site does not expose, consistent with an automated app-framework scanner	`GET /account`	browser claim	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	made a request that matched no known pattern	`GET /admin/users`	browser claim	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	probed a Next.js/Auth.js (NextAuth) authentication route, consistent with fingerprinting a Next.js app's auth stack	`GET /auth`	browser claim	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	2× swept a generic login/signup/account/dashboard route this site does not expose, consistent with an automated app-framework scanner (2 distinct paths)	`GET /account/login`	browser claim	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	probed a list of common site paths looking for an unprotected admin panel or staging copy	`GET /admin`	browser claim	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	2× swept a generic login/signup/account/dashboard route this site does not expose, consistent with an automated app-framework scanner (2 distinct paths)	`GET /signin`	browser claim	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	probed a Next.js/Auth.js (NextAuth) authentication route, consistent with fingerprinting a Next.js app's auth stack	`GET /auth/login`	browser claim	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	5× swept a generic login/signup/account/dashboard route this site does not expose, consistent with an automated app-framework scanner (5 distinct paths)	`GET /register`	browser claim	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	2× requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials (2 distinct paths)	`GET /@fs/var/task/.env?`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	requested an AWS credentials file left in a web-accessible path by mistake	`GET /@fs/home/ec2-user/.aws/credentials?`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	4× requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials	`/.env`	none	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	tried to read /proc/self/environ to dump process environment variables, usually via a traversal or inclusion flaw	`GET /static/..;/..;/..;/..;/proc/self/environ`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials	`GET /@fs/app/.env?`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials	`GET //.env`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials	`GET /@fs/src/.env?`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	requested an AWS credentials file left in a web-accessible path by mistake	`GET /@fs/home/ubuntu/.aws/credentials?`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials	`GET /static/..;/..;/.env`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	requested an AWS credentials file left in a web-accessible path by mistake	`GET /@fs/root/.aws/credentials?`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	used a directory-traversal segment (literal or percent-encoded ../) in the request path to try to escape the web root	`GET /@fs/..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252fproc/self/environ?`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials	`GET /static/..;/.env`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	used a directory-traversal segment (literal or percent-encoded ../) in the request path to try to escape the web root	`GET /@fs/..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252f..%252froot/.env?`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials	`GET /api/.env/public/.env`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	used a directory-traversal segment (literal or percent-encoded ../) in the request path to try to escape the web root	`GET /@fs/../.env?`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials	`GET /.//.env`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	used a directory-traversal segment (literal or percent-encoded ../) in the request path to try to escape the web root	`GET /....//....//....//..../.env`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	2× requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials (2 distinct paths)	`GET /static//app/.env`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	used a directory-traversal segment (literal or percent-encoded ../) in the request path to try to escape the web root	`GET /css../.env`	declared bot	web
21:29	techwriters.eu	requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials	`GET /.env.config`	declared bot	web

Network

ASN: AS396982 Google LLC
Network type: cloud
Reverse DNS: 40.138.182.34.bc.googleusercontent.com
Country: United States US
City: Washington (registry location of a hosting network)
Flags: cloud range (GCP)
Abuse contact: not found
Checked: 15 Oct 2026

Elsewhere: GreyNoise, Shodan, AbuseIPDB.

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