Blue Team — Operational Summary
The system received 9,534 external requests over the four-hour window (2026-05-25 02:00 – 04:38 MDT) directed at arc-codex.com, originating from 578 unique IP addresses. The vast majority of activity (1006 sessions) is attributed to bot or crawler traffic, with zero identified human sessions or engaged sessions. The traffic breakdown shows a high volume of successful HTTP 200 responses (9,474), along with a notable incidence of server errors (7 HTTP 502 errors) and several redirect/error codes (308, 404). A small subset of the traffic originated from known top IPs, including 74.7.241.22, 216.73.216.51, and 216.244.66.198. Six distinct exploit attempts targeting the WordPress installation path were detected, originating from IPs including 162.158.182.93, 104.23.221.17, and 104.23.221.16.
Red Team — Facts Only
* Total external requests: 9534 from 578 unique IPs.
* Operator activity: 313 requests from IP 38.175.170.87.
* Bot/crawler sessions: 1006.
* Likely-human and engaged sessions: 0.
* HTTP 200 responses: 9474.
* HTTP 502 errors: 7.
* Exploit attempts detected: 6 requests.
* Exploit patterns targeted: /wp-admin/install.php?step=1.
* Specific exploit source IPs: 162.158.182.93, 104.23.221.17, 104.23.221.16, and 162.158.110.194.
Purple Team — Pattern Analysis
The traffic composition is overwhelmingly non-human, driven primarily by crawler activity, which masks potential malicious probing. The presence of 6 specific exploit attempts targeting the WordPress installation script indicates an active adversary is testing the infrastructure. While the volume of benign bot traffic is high, the focused targeting of vulnerable endpoints by specific IPs is the signal. The top volume IP addresses are consistent with known proxy or hosting infrastructure, suggesting automated, distributed activity. The 502 server errors and 404 responses are consistent with stress or scanning attempts. The operational implication is that the infrastructure is being actively scanned and probed for known vulnerabilities, leveraging automated tools. The immediate action requires review of the firewall and WAF logs for activity correlated with the specific exploit source IPs to determine if the probe was successful or if the attempts triggered active blocks.