Blue Team — Operational Summary
Over a 4-hour window, your site received 5,529 external requests from 555 unique IPs, with 99.9% originating from non-datacenter sources. Traffic was dominated by bot/crawler activity (1,084 sessions), while likely-human engagement was minimal (1 session with ≥30s duration and article page loads). Referral traffic was negligible, with only 5 requests from social platforms (Facebook, Bluesky). Operator activity was limited to 3 requests from a single IP. The HTTP status breakdown was unremarkable: 96% successful responses (200/304), 1.9% client errors (404), and 0.04% server errors (500). Exploit attempts were detected (7 requests) targeting WordPress admin paths, but these were isolated and did not result in successful breaches. No sustained or coordinated attack patterns were observed.
Red Team — Facts Only
Time window: 2026-05-25 10:00–12:10 MDT.
Total external requests: 5,529 from 555 unique IPs.
Datacenter-origin traffic: 0.1% (6 requests).
Likely-human sessions: 1 (real browser UA, non-datacenter IP, referrer/direct visit).
Engaged sessions: 1 (≥1 article page, ≥30s duration).
Bot/crawler sessions: 1,084.
Top referrers: m.facebook.com (3), facebook.com (1), go.bsky.app (1).
Top IPs by volume: 216.73.216.51 (441), 74.7.241.22 (426), 216.244.66.198 (146).
HTTP status codes: 0 (38), 200 (5,313), 304 (9), 308 (64), 404 (103), 500 (2).
Exploit attempts: 7 requests from 5 IPs targeting /wp-admin/install.php (4) and /admin/server/php/ (1).
Operator activity: 3 requests from 38.175.170.87.
Purple Team — Pattern Analysis
This traffic pattern aligns with typical low-engagement internet background radiation: high bot volume, minimal human interaction, and negligible referral traffic. The 1 engaged human session is statistically insignificant but confirms the site is reachable. The 7 exploit attempts are opportunistic, not targeted—common WordPress probes from disparate IPs with no follow-up. No pattern suggests staging or reconnaissance; these are likely automated scans.
Resource-wise, the 500 errors (0.04%) and 404s (1.9%) are negligible. The high 200/304 ratio suggests effective caching, though the top IPs (216.73.216.51, 74.7.241.22) warrant monitoring if they recur—they may be aggressive crawlers or misconfigured clients.
For the next window, track:
1. Recurrence of the top 3 IPs by volume to assess if they’re benign crawlers or noise.
2. Any increase in exploit attempts targeting non-WordPress paths, which could indicate adversarial adaptation.