45.138.12.16
blockedRelentlessRegularToolkit
Case file
First seen on 2026-09-29T00:51:14Z, most recently active on 2026-10-04T14:37:56Z.
Recorded 140 attack-shaped requests across 6 separate days.
Its traffic requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials; it also probed for an exposed .git directory to download the site's source history and config; it also requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable.
Seen from 2 of our sensors: edge, nl4-web.
Scored into the "Relentless" level, carrying the badges Regular, Toolkit.
Routed via AS218785 (Tc Datacenter Limited), 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 | AS218785 — Tc Datacenter Limited |
| ASN type | hosting |
| Country | Lithuania (LT) |
| Flags | none observed |
Timeline
- 2026-09-297
- 2026-09-3025
- 2026-10-0124
- 2026-10-029
- 2026-10-036
- 2026-10-0469
Evidence (newest first, up to 50)
| Time (UTC) | Vantage | Site | Class | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-04T14:37:55Z | edge | bursukov.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-10-04T14:37:55Z","ip":"45.138.12.16","zone":"bursukov.com","host":"bursukov.com","path":"/wp-config.php.old","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rul… | |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:53Z | edge | bursukov.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-10-04T14:37:53Z","ip":"45.138.12.16","zone":"bursukov.com","host":"bursukov.com","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rul… | |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:52Z | edge | bursukov.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-10-04T14:37:52Z","ip":"45.138.12.16","zone":"bursukov.com","host":"bursukov.com","path":"/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id… | |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:45Z – 2026-10-04T14:37:45Z ×2 | nl4-web | bursukov.com | 2 × requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | [Sun Oct 04 17:37:45.278502 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:55Z – 2026-10-04T14:37:56Z ×4 | nl4-web | bursukov.com | 4 × requested a database dump or site archive by its common backup filename | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:56 +0300] "GET /database.sql HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" (4 distinct paths) |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:55Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a database dump or site archive by its common backup filename | 404 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:55 +0300] "GET /wp-content/mysql.sql HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:55Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a database dump or site archive by its common backup filename | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:55 +0300] "GET /config.php.bak HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:53Z – 2026-10-04T14:37:55Z ×4 | nl4-web | bursukov.com | 4 × fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:55 +0300] "GET /database.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" (4 distinct paths) |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:50Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | 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 | 404 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:50 +0300] "GET /credentials HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:50Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:50 +0300] "GET /admin/auth.json HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:49Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | 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 | 404 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:49 +0300] "GET /config.js HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:48Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a config.json file, hoping it exposes API keys or internal settings | 404 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:48 +0300] "GET /config.json HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:48Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | matched a catalogue rule | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:48 +0300] "GET /config.ini HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:48Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a database dump or site archive by its common backup filename | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:48 +0300] "GET /.aws/credentials.bak HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:48Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | 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 | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:48 +0300] "GET /.aws/config HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:48Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested an AWS credentials file left in a web-accessible path by mistake | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:48 +0300] "GET /.aws/credentials HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:47Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:47 +0300] "GET /sendgrid.env HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:47Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:47 +0300] "GET /.env.stage HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:47Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:47 +0300] "GET /.env.live HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:47Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:47 +0300] "GET /.env.prod HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:47Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:47 +0300] "GET /.env.old HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:46Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:46 +0300] "GET /.env.save HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:46Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:46 +0300] "GET /.env.bak HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:46Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:46 +0300] "GET /.env.dev HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:46Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:46 +0300] "GET /.env.example HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:46Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:46 +0300] "GET /.env.production HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:46Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:46 +0300] "GET /.env.backup HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:45Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:45 +0300] "GET /.env.local HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:45Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:45 +0300] "GET /api/.env HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:45Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:45 +0300] "GET /.env HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:45Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | probed for an exposed .git directory to download the site's source history and config | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:45 +0300] "GET /.git/logs/HEAD HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:45Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | 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 | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:45 +0300] "GET /.git-credentials HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T14:37:45Z | nl4-web | bursukov.com | probed for an exposed .git directory to download the site's source history and config | 403 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:17:37:45 +0300] "GET /.git/config HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T13:47:49Z | edge | aeroways.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-10-04T13:47:49Z","ip":"45.138.12.16","zone":"aeroways.eu","host":"aeroways.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_… | |
| 2026-10-04T13:47:49Z | edge | aeroways.eu | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-10-04T13:47:49Z","ip":"45.138.12.16","zone":"aeroways.eu","host":"aeroways.eu","path":"/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":… | |
| 2026-10-04T13:47:38Z – 2026-10-04T13:47:39Z ×2 | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | 2 × requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | [Sun Oct 04 16:47:39.260041 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-10-04T13:47:49Z – 2026-10-04T13:47:50Z ×4 | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | 4 × fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:16:47:50 +0300] "GET /database.php HTTP/1.1" 404 16 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" (4 distinct paths) |
| 2026-10-04T13:47:46Z | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | 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 | 404 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:16:47:46 +0300] "GET /credentials HTTP/1.1" 404 2057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-10-04T13:47:45Z | nl4-web | aeroways.eu | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 45.138.12.16 - - [04/Oct/2026:16:47:45 +0300] "GET /admin/auth.json HTTP/1.1" 404 2057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" |
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