Blue Team — Operational Summary
Over a 4-hour window, arc-codex.com received 13,158 external requests from 803 unique IPs, with 0.1% originating from datacenters. Operator activity accounted for 214 requests from a single IP (38.175.170.87). Traffic was dominated by bot/crawler sessions (1,680), while likely-human sessions were minimal (3), with only 2 showing engagement (article page loads, ≥30s duration). Referrals were negligible, with Facebook sources (10 total) being the only notable external referrers. The top three IPs contributed 2,660 requests (20% of total), with 74.7.241.22 alone generating 1319. HTTP 200 responses dominated (98.6%), with minor errors (60x 404s, 8x 502s). Exploit attempts (22 requests) targeted common CMS vulnerabilities (WordPress, .git, .env), but no successful breaches were indicated.
This pattern aligns with typical low-traffic, bot-heavy internet exposure. The absence of significant human engagement or datacenter traffic suggests no ongoing campaign or unusual interest. The exploit attempts are background noise—automated scans rather than targeted probing. The 502 errors (0.06% of requests) may warrant a brief review but are statistically insignificant. No action is urgently required, but the data confirms the site is visible to crawlers and opportunistic scanners.
Red Team — Facts Only
Time window: 2026-05-25 06:00–10:00 MDT.
Total external requests: 13,158 from 803 unique IPs.
Operator activity: 214 requests from 1 IP (38.175.170.87).
Datacenter-origin requests: 0.1% of total.
Likely-human sessions: 3 (browser UA, non-datacenter IP, referrer/direct visit).
Engaged sessions: 2 (≥1 article page, ≥30s duration).
Bot/crawler sessions: 1,680.
Top referrers: m.facebook.com (8), facebook.com (2).
Top IPs by volume: 74.7.241.22 (1,319 req), 216.73.216.51 (935 req), 216.244.66.198 (406 req).
HTTP status codes: 200 (12,979), 206 (2), 308 (109), 404 (60), 502 (8).
Exploit attempts: 22 requests from 4 IPs targeting /xmlrpc.php, /wp-admin/install.php, /.git/config, /.env.bak.
Purple Team — Pattern Analysis
This traffic pattern is consistent with a low-engagement site exposed to routine internet noise. The 13,158 requests over 4 hours (~55 req/min) are unremarkable for a public-facing endpoint, with bot/crawler dominance (1,680 sessions) and minimal human activity (3 sessions) typical of background scanning. The top IPs (74.7.241.22, 216.73.216.51) likely represent crawlers or CDN probes; their volume alone isn’t suspicious without behavioral anomalies.
The 22 exploit attempts are automated, not targeted: they hit common CMS paths (WordPress, .git) with no follow-up, suggesting opportunistic scanning rather than reconnaissance. The absence of repeated probing from the same IP or chained requests reduces adversarial significance. The 502 errors (8 instances) are negligible but could indicate transient upstream issues—worth a log review if recurring.
Resource-wise, the load is trivial (55 req/min), with no caching or bandwidth strain evident. The next digest should track recurrence of the 502s and whether the top IPs persist or shift—consistent high-volume IPs might warrant rate-limiting if they grow. No other signals justify action; this is a clean window with expected noise.