87.121.84.174
blockedRelentlessRegularToolkit
Case file
First seen on 2026-09-29T12:09:48Z, most recently active on 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z.
Recorded 598 attack-shaped requests across 3 separate days.
Its traffic requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials; it also used a scripting or HTTP client library to probe a sensitive path directly, consistent with automated scanning rather than a browser visit; it also requested a database dump or site archive by its common backup filename.
Seen from 3 of our sensors: edge, nl4-panel, nl4-web.
Scored into the "Relentless" level, carrying the badges Regular, Toolkit.
Routed via AS197170 (TechTies Inc.), 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 | AS197170 — TechTies Inc. |
| ASN type | hosting |
| Country | United States (US) |
| Flags | none observed |
Timeline
- 2026-09-29402
- 2026-10-0333
- 2026-10-04163
Evidence (newest first, up to 50)
| Time (UTC) | Vantage | Site | Class | Status | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29T12:09:48Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | 87.121.84.174 - - [29/Sep/2026:15:09:48 +0300] "GET /.git/ HTTP/1.1" 403 239 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" |
| 2026-09-29T12:09:48Z | nl4-web | techwriters.eu | requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | 87.121.84.174 - - [29/Sep/2026:15:09:48 +0300] "GET /.git/reconx-b1f07774a686 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 Edg/124.0.0.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:25:58Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-10-04T01:25:58Z","ip":"87.121.84.174","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"svestnik.com","path":"/;wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"curl/8.6.0","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org":"TechTies Inc.","ray":"<redacted>"} | |
| 2026-10-04T01:25:58Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-10-04T01:25:58Z","ip":"87.121.84.174","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"<truncated>","ua":"curl/8.6.0","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org":"TechTies Inc.","ray":"<redacted>"} | |
| 2026-10-04T01:25:58Z | edge | svestnik.com | was blocked at the edge without matching any specific attack signature | {"ts":"2026-10-04T01:25:58Z","ip":"87.121.84.174","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php/","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"curl/8.6.0","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org":"TechTies Inc.","ray":"<redacted>"} | |
| 2026-10-04T01:25:57Z | edge | svestnik.com | requested wp-config.php or a backup copy of it, hoping to read the database password in clear text | {"ts":"2026-10-04T01:25:57Z","ip":"87.121.84.174","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"svestnik.com","path":"/wp-config.php","method":"GET","query":"","ua":"curl/8.6.0","action":"block","source":"firewallManaged","rule_id":"<redacted>","country":"NL","asn_org":"TechTies Inc.","ray":"<redacted>"} | |
| 2026-10-04T01:25:56Z – 2026-10-04T01:25:56Z ×5 | edge | svestnik.com | 5 × triggered Cloudflare's managed rule for a Next.js server-action request-smuggling/RCE attempt | {"ts":"2026-10-04T01:25:56Z","ip":"87.121.84.174","zone":"svestnik.com","host":"svestnik.com","path":"/","method":"POST","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":"firewallManaged","rule… | |
| 2026-10-04T01:25:56Z – 2026-10-04T01:25:57Z ×3 | nl4-web | svestnik.com | 3 × probed for an exposed .svn directory to read the site's version-control metadata | 403 | [Sun Oct 04 04:25:57.583428 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-10-04T01:25:55Z – 2026-10-04T01:25:56Z ×4 | nl4-web | svestnik.com | 4 × requested the .git directory itself, hoping it is exposed and browsable | 403 | [Sun Oct 04 04:25:56.208575 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-10-04T01:25:55Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | probed for an exposed .svn directory to read the site's version-control metadata | 403 | [Sun Oct 04 04:25:55.665499 2026] [authz_core:error] AH01630: client denied by server configuration: <path> |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.admin HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /shared/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /public_html/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.web HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /env/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.server HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET <path> HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.vonage HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /storage/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /local/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /script/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /main/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.saml HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /conf/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.mailjet HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /htdocs/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /src/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /data/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.oauth HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.app HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.elastic HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.api HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.client HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.slack HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /public/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /server/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /backend/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /web/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.algolia HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /laravel/.env HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
| 2026-10-04T01:26:06Z | nl4-web | svestnik.com | requested a .env file, hoping to find API keys or database credentials | 404 | 87.121.84.174 - - [04/Oct/2026:04:26:06 +0300] "GET /.env.telnyx HTTP/1.1" 404 236 "-" "curl/8.6.0" |
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