Blue Team — Operational Summary
Your site received 6,809 external requests over a 4-hour window, with 570 unique IPs. Traffic was overwhelmingly bot-driven (1,231 bot sessions), while only one session appeared likely-human (direct content visit, non-datacenter IP, browser UA). Operator activity was minimal (3 requests from a single IP). The top referrers were Meta platforms (Facebook) and Bluesky, suggesting minor social media engagement. HTTP 200 responses dominated (6,586), with a small fraction of errors (105 404s, 2 500s). Exploit attempts were detected (9 requests) targeting `/wp-admin/install.php`, a common WordPress vulnerability probe. No evidence of successful compromise or unusual load spikes. The pattern aligns with typical low-traffic, bot-heavy internet exposure.
Red Team — Facts Only
Time window: 2026-05-25 10:00–12:55 MDT.
Total external requests: 6,809 from 570 unique IPs.
Operator activity: 3 requests from IP 38.175.170.87.
Datacenter-origin traffic: 0.1% of external requests.
Likely-human sessions: 1 (browser UA, non-datacenter IP, referrer/direct visit).
Engaged sessions: 1 (≥1 article page, ≥30s duration).
Bot/crawler sessions: 1,231.
Top referrers: m.facebook.com (3), facebook.com (1), go.bsky.app (1).
Top IPs by volume: 74.7.241.22 (680 req), 216.73.216.51 (569 req), 216.244.66.198 (223 req).
HTTP status codes: 0 (38), 200 (6,586), 304 (9), 308 (69), 404 (105), 500 (2).
Exploit attempts: 9 requests from 4 IPs (104.23.223.75, 104.23.223.74, 172.64.192.148, 172.70.251.49) targeting `/wp-admin/install.php`.
Purple Team — Pattern Analysis
This traffic pattern is consistent with a low-traffic site experiencing routine internet background noise. The 1,231 bot sessions and minimal human engagement (1 session) reflect typical automated scanning and crawling. The exploit attempts (9 requests) are a known fingerprint of opportunistic WordPress vulnerability probes—common but not targeted. The absence of successful 200 responses to these probes suggests no compromise. The top IPs by volume (e.g., 74.7.241.22) are likely crawlers or CDN probes; no single IP dominated abnormally. The 500 errors (2) are negligible but worth monitoring if recurrent. For resource implications, the 6,586 200 responses suggest caching could reduce load, but the volume is trivial for modern infrastructure. Next digest should track recurrence of `/wp-admin/install.php` probes and monitor the 500-error endpoints for stability. No adversarial fingerprint beyond generic scanning. The window is clean—no action required unless patterns escalate.