45.138.12.52
blockedPersistentRegularToolkit
Case file
First seen on 2026-09-22T10:17:14Z, most recently active on 2026-09-29T09:16:23Z.
Recorded 104 attack-shaped requests across 5 separate days.
Its traffic requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials; it also requested a database dump or site archive by its common backup filename; 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.
Seen from 2 of our sensors: edge, nl4-web.
Scored into the "Persistent" 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
- 2026-09-221
- 2026-09-234
- 2026-09-261
- 2026-09-2872
- 2026-09-2926
Evidence (newest first, up to 50)
| Time (UTC) | Vantage | Site | Class | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28T23:56:57Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:56:57 +0300] "GET /.git/packed-refs HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:56:57Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:56:57 +0300] "GET /.git/description HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-23T11:15:18Z | edge | victorantonov.com | matched a catalogue rule | {"ts":"2026-09-23T11:15:18Z","ip":"45.138.12.52","zone":"victorantonov.com","host":"www.victorantonov.com","path":"/","method":"POST","query":"<truncated>","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","sourc… | |
| 2026-09-23T11:15:50Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-23T11:15:50Z","ip":"45.138.12.52","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php.txt","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","source":"fir… | |
| 2026-09-23T11:15:50Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-23T11:15:50Z","ip":"45.138.12.52","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/blog/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","source":"fi… | |
| 2026-09-23T11:15:50Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-23T11:15:50Z","ip":"45.138.12.52","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"www.svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php.save","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","source":"fi… | |
| 2026-09-26T08:22:35Z | edge | servbg.dev | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-26T08:22:35Z","ip":"45.138.12.52","zone":"servbg.dev","host":"servbg.dev","path":"/blog/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallMa… | |
| 2026-09-22T10:17:14Z | edge | servbg.dev | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-22T10:17:14Z","ip":"45.138.12.52","zone":"servbg.dev","host":"servbg.dev","path":"/blog/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallMa… | |
| 2026-09-29T01:52:42Z | edge | haived.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-09-29T01:52:42Z","ip":"45.138.12.52","zone":"haived.com","host":"haived.com","path":"/wp-config.php.old","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36","action":"block","source":"firewallMan… | |
| 2026-09-29T08:16:57Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | [Tue Sep 29 11:16:57.614655 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-09-29T08:16:42Z | nl4-web | techauthors.eu | requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | [Tue Sep 29 11:16:42.661595 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-09-29T00:47:41Z | nl4-web | stefanpetkov.day | matched a catalogue rule | 403 | [Tue Sep 29 03:47:41.673425 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:02Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | matched a catalogue rule | 403 | [Tue Sep 29 02:57:02.647927 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:02Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | [Tue Sep 29 02:57:02.601620 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-09-28T23:56:53Z – 2026-09-28T23:56:57Z ×5 | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | 5 × matched a catalogue rule | 403 | [Tue Sep 29 02:56:57.697599 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-09-29T00:14:09Z | nl4-web | homocontinum.net | requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | [Tue Sep 29 03:14:09.696678 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-09-29T08:16:57Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:11:16:57 +0300] "GET /.env HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "https://www.techwriters.eu/.env" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-29T08:16:57Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | probed for an exposed .git directory to download the site's source history and config | 403 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:11:16:57 +0300] "GET /.git/config HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-29T08:16:43Z | nl4-web | techauthors.eu | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:11:16:43 +0300] "GET /.env HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "https://www.techauthors.eu/.env" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-29T08:16:42Z | nl4-web | techauthors.eu | probed for an exposed .git directory to download the site's source history and config | 403 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:11:16:42 +0300] "GET /.git/config HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-29T00:47:41Z | nl4-web | stefanpetkov.day | probed for an exposed .git directory to download the site's source history and config | 403 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:03:47:41 +0300] "GET /.git/logs/HEAD HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-29T00:26:35Z – 2026-09-29T00:26:35Z ×2 | nl4-web | servbg.com | 2 × requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 403 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:03:26:35 +0300] "GET /.env HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:09Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | probed a Spring Boot actuator endpoint, which can leak environment variables and internal config if left open | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:09 +0300] "GET /actuator/health HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:09Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | probed a Spring Boot actuator endpoint, which can leak environment variables and internal config if left open | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:09 +0300] "GET /actuator/configprops HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:09Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | probed a Spring Boot actuator endpoint, which can leak environment variables and internal config if left open | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:09 +0300] "GET /actuator/env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:09Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | probed a Spring Boot actuator endpoint, which can leak environment variables and internal config if left open | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:09 +0300] "GET /actuator/beans HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:09Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | probed a Spring Boot actuator endpoint, which can leak environment variables and internal config if left open | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:09 +0300] "GET /actuator HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:08Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | requested a private SSH key file by its conventional name | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:08 +0300] "GET /id_rsa.pub HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:08Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:08 +0300] "GET /aws/credentials.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:08Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | requested a private SSH key file by its conventional name | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:08 +0300] "GET /.ssh/id_rsa HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:08Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:08 +0300] "GET /aws/secrets.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:07Z – 2026-09-28T23:57:07Z ×4 | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | 4 × requested a database dump or site archive by its common backup filename | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:07 +0300] "GET /public_html.zip HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (4 distinct paths) |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:07Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | matched a catalogue rule | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:07 +0300] "GET /config/application.yml HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:07Z – 2026-09-28T23:57:07Z ×2 | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | 2 × requested a database dump or site archive by its common backup filename | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:07 +0300] "GET /backup.zip HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (2 distinct paths) |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:07Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:07 +0300] "GET /wp-config.php.txt HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:06Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:06 +0300] "GET /wp-config.php.save HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:06Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:06 +0300] "GET /wp-config.php.old HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:06Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:06 +0300] "GET /wordpress/wp-config.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:06Z | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | fuzzed a short, random filename looking for a forgotten script that responds | 404 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:06 +0300] "GET /config.php HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-28T23:57:06Z – 2026-09-28T23:57:06Z ×2 | nl4-web | mta-sts.servbg.com | 2 × 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 | 45.138.12.52 - - [29/Sep/2026:02:57:06 +0300] "GET <path> HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" (2 distinct paths) |
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