64.225.40.14

Blocked Scanner Ghost

Blocked since 17 Oct 2026 16:57 UTC, no end date. Our servers refuse it, web requests included, and it is in feed.txt.

Record

Score: 28/100each request counts half as much after 30 days
Worst level: Scanner
Attack-shaped requests: 3all time
Active days: 1UTC days
First seen: 16 Oct 2026
Last seen: 16 Oct 2026 10:41
Servers hit: 2
Targets: 1site
Times blocked: 1by the evidence rules

First seen on 16 Oct 2026 09:11 UTC, most recently active on 16 Oct 2026 10:41 UTC.

Recorded 3 attack-shaped requests across 1 separate day.

Its traffic probed the WordPress REST API batch endpoint, often used to fingerprint or chain other WordPress vulnerabilities (2 requests); it also requested a decoy path that only a scanner would ask for (1).

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

Scored into the "Scanner" level, its highest so far. Badge: Ghost.

Routed via AS14061 (DigitalOcean, LLC), a hosting network.

Surfaces: honeypot, web-app. Attack types: scanning. Seen by: edge, 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
16 Oct 2026	3

At least 2 requests a minute at its peak (16 Oct 2026 10:41 UTC; identical requests in the same second are stored once).
Methods: GET 2, POST 1.
The servers we watch answered: 200 1, 404 1 (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
16 Oct 2026
10:41	zmey.eu	probed the WordPress REST API batch endpoint, often used to fingerprint or chain other WordPress vulnerabilities	`POST /wp-json/batch/v1`	browser claim	edge
10:41	zmey.eu	probed the WordPress REST API batch endpoint, often used to fingerprint or chain other WordPress vulnerabilities	`GET /wp-json/batch/v1`	browser claim	web
09:11	zmey.eu	requested a decoy path that only a scanner would ask for	`GET /wp-login.php`	browser claim	web

Network

ASN: AS14061 DigitalOcean, LLC
Network type: hosting
Reverse DNS: none
Country: United States US
Flags: none observed
Abuse contact: found in the registry
Checked: 16 Oct 2026

Elsewhere: GreyNoise, Shodan, AbuseIPDB.

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