Blue Team — Operational Summary
Total external requests were 9058 over four hours, originating from 738 unique IP addresses. The traffic composition is heavily skewed toward automated activity, with 1298 identified as bot/crawler sessions, and only 2 likely-human sessions. HTTP status codes show a high volume of successful requests (8923 HTTP 200 responses), but also notable errors, including 57 HTTP 404s and 8 HTTP 502 errors. The traffic is predominantly driven by referrals from Facebook domains. Internal system activity is minimal, with only 141 requests originating from a single operator IP address.
Red Team — Facts Only
* Total external requests: 9058 from 738 unique IPs over 4 hours.
* Operator activity: 141 requests from 1 operator IP (38.175.170.87).
* Traffic breakdown: 1298 bot/crawler sessions, 2 likely-human sessions, 1 engaged session.
* HTTP Status Codes: HTTP 200 (8923), HTTP 206 (1), HTTP 308 (69), HTTP 404 (57), HTTP 502 (8).
* Exploit attempts detected: 18 requests matching specific patterns.
* Exploit sources and paths:
* 35.239.90.70 → /xmlrpc.php?rsd (1 instance)
* 104.23.221.162 → /wp-admin/install.php?step=1 (2 instances)
* 5.255.104.83 → /.git/config (1 instance)
* 5.255.104.83 → /.env.bak (1 instance)
* Top IPs by volume: 74.7.241.22 (783 req), 216.73.216.51 (505 req), 216.244.66.198 (229 req).
Purple Team — Pattern Analysis
The observed traffic profile is dominated by high-volume automated crawling (1298 sessions), suggesting generalized scanning or indexing rather than targeted malicious activity. However, 18 specific exploit patterns were detected, highly indicative of targeted attempts against common application vulnerabilities, specifically targeting WordPress installations and configuration files. The exploit attempts originate from three distinct IP addresses, including known server configuration files (`.git/config`, `.env.bak`) and API endpoints (`/xmlrpc.php?rsd`, `/wp-admin/install.php`). The primary signal is the simultaneous occurrence of high volume scanning and low-volume, specific penetration attempts. The traffic source is primarily social media referrals, which provides a plausible context for large bot volumes. The presence of specific, repeated exploit attempts warrants immediate investigation into the 18 offending source IPs, as they represent concrete attempts against the application layer structure, distinguishing them from general background noise.