45.138.12.23

blockedRelentlessRegularToolkit

Case file

First seen on 2026-09-21T18:27:43Z, most recently active on 2026-10-02T12:47:36Z.

Recorded 293 attack-shaped requests across 7 separate days.

Its traffic requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials; 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; it also requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text.

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

rDNSnone
ASNAS218785 — Tc Datacenter Limited
ASN typehosting
CountryLithuania (LT)
Flagsnone observed

External references: GreyNoise, Shodan, AbuseIPDB

Timeline

Evidence (newest first, up to 50)

Time (UTC)VantageSiteClassStatusEvidence
2026-09-30T09:25:23Znl4-webzmey.eurequested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable40345.138.12.23 - - [30/Sep/2026:12:25:23 +0300] "GET /.git/FETCH_HEAD HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36"
2026-09-30T09:25:23Znl4-webzmey.eurequested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable40345.138.12.23 - - [30/Sep/2026:12:25:23 +0300] "GET /.git/logs/refs/heads/main HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36"
2026-09-29T21:11:04Znl4-weburbanmoto.eurequested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable40345.138.12.23 - - [30/Sep/2026:00:11:04 +0300] "GET /.git/logs/refs/heads/main HTTP/1.1" 403 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36"
2026-10-02T12:47:36Znl4-webstefanpetkov.dayrequested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable40345.138.12.23 - - [02/Oct/2026:15:47:36 +0300] "GET /.git/logs/refs/heads/main HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36"
2026-09-30T09:25:23Zedgezmey.eurequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-30T09:25:23Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"zmey.eu","host":"zmey.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"PL","asn_org":"TC…
2026-09-29T23:20:11Z – 2026-09-29T23:20:12Z ×2edgevaibed.com2 × requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-29T23:20:12Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"vaibed.com","host":"www.vaibed.com","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"PL","as…
2026-09-29T21:11:04Zedgeurbanmoto.eurequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-29T21:11:04Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"urbanmoto.eu","host":"urbanmoto.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"PL","as…
2026-09-28T08:03:20Zedgeurbanmoto.eurequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-28T08:03:20Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"urbanmoto.eu","host":"urbanmoto.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"PL","as…
2026-09-21T22:07:42Zedgesvestnik.comrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-21T22:07:42Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php.old","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL"…
2026-09-21T22:07:42Zedgesvestnik.comrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-21T22:07:42Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL"…
2026-09-21T22:07:42Zedgesvestnik.comrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-21T22:07:42Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","as…
2026-10-02T12:47:35Zedgestefanpetkov.dayrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-10-02T12:47:35Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"stefanpetkov.day","host":"stefanpetkov.day","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":…
2026-09-26T13:15:29Zedgeservmoto.comrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-26T13:15:29Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"servmoto.com","host":"www.servmoto.com","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"PL"…
2026-09-26T13:06:00Zedgeservbg.devrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-26T13:06:00Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"servbg.dev","host":"servbg.dev","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"PL","asn_or…
2026-09-26T13:05:59Zedgeservbg.comrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-26T13:05:59Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"servbg.com","host":"servbg.com","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"PL","asn_or…
2026-09-26T11:22:34Z – 2026-09-26T11:22:35Z ×2edgeschetio.com2 × requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-26T11:22:35Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"schetio.com","host":"www.schetio.com","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"PL","…
2026-09-23T08:14:40Zedgehaiv.devrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-23T08:14:40Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"haiv.dev","host":"www.haiv.dev","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_or…
2026-09-23T08:14:40Zedgehaiv.devrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-23T08:14:40Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"haiv.dev","host":"www.haiv.dev","path":"/wp-config.php.new","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_or…
2026-09-23T08:14:40Zedgehaiv.devrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-23T08:14:40Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"haiv.dev","host":"www.haiv.dev","path":"/wp-config.php.old","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_or…
2026-09-23T08:14:39Zedgehaiv.devrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-23T08:14:39Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"haiv.dev","host":"haiv.dev","path":"/wp-config.php.new","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org":"…
2026-09-23T08:14:39Zedgehaiv.devrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-23T08:14:39Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"haiv.dev","host":"haiv.dev","path":"/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org":"TC D…
2026-09-23T08:14:38Zedgehaiv.devrequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-23T08:14:38Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"haiv.dev","host":"haiv.dev","path":"/.wp-config.php.swp","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org":…
2026-09-21T18:27:44Zedgeamosix.eurequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-21T18:27:44Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"amosix.eu","host":"amosix.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.bak","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org"…
2026-09-21T18:27:44Zedgeamosix.eurequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-21T18:27:44Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"amosix.eu","host":"amosix.eu","path":"/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org":"TC…
2026-09-21T18:27:44Zedgeamosix.eurequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-21T18:27:44Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"amosix.eu","host":"amosix.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.new","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org"…
2026-09-21T18:27:44Zedgeamosix.eurequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-21T18:27:44Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"amosix.eu","host":"amosix.eu","path":"/wp-config.php.old","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org"…
2026-09-21T18:27:43Zedgeamosix.eurequested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text{"ts":"2026-09-21T18:27:43Z","ip":"45.138.12.23","zone":"amosix.eu","host":"amosix.eu","path":"/.wp-config.php.swp","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org…
2026-09-30T09:25:23Z – 2026-09-30T09:25:23Z ×5nl4-webzmey.eu5 × requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable403[Wed Sep 30 12:25:23.947534 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path>
2026-09-29T21:11:04Znl4-weburbanmoto.eufuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds403[Wed Sep 30 00:11:04.422145 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path>
2026-09-29T21:11:04Znl4-weburbanmoto.eurequested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable403[Wed Sep 30 00:11:04.422118 2026] [access_compat:error] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: <path>
2026-09-29T21:11:04Z – 2026-09-29T21:11:04Z ×2nl4-weburbanmoto.eu2 × fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds403[Wed Sep 30 00:11:04.072554 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path>
2026-09-29T21:11:04Z – 2026-09-29T21:11:04Z ×2nl4-weburbanmoto.eu2 × requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable403[Wed Sep 30 00:11:04.072520 2026] [access_compat:error] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: <path>
2026-09-29T21:11:04Znl4-weburbanmoto.eufuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds403[Wed Sep 30 00:11:04.063115 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path>
2026-09-29T21:11:04Znl4-weburbanmoto.eurequested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable403[Wed Sep 30 00:11:04.063092 2026] [access_compat:error] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: <path>
2026-09-29T21:11:04Znl4-weburbanmoto.eufuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds403[Wed Sep 30 00:11:04.062298 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path>
2026-09-29T21:11:04Znl4-weburbanmoto.eurequested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable403[Wed Sep 30 00:11:04.062269 2026] [access_compat:error] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: <path>
2026-09-29T21:11:03Znl4-weburbanmoto.eumatched a catalogue rule403[Wed Sep 30 00:11:03.912197 2026] [access_compat:error] AH01797: client denied by server configuration: <path>
2026-10-02T12:47:36Znl4-webstefanpetkov.dayrequested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials403[Fri Oct 02 15:47:36.118293 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path>
2026-10-02T12:47:36Z – 2026-10-02T12:47:36Z ×4nl4-webstefanpetkov.day4 × matched a catalogue rule403[Fri Oct 02 15:47:36.078493 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path>

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