Blue Team — Operational Summary
The system processed 11,982 external requests over the 4-hour period (02:00 to 05:43 MDT). The vast majority of these requests returned HTTP 200 status codes (11,882), with a small number of status codes including 404 (17), 304 (4), 308 (71), and 502 (7). The traffic composition is overwhelmingly dominated by automated activity: 1,440 identified bot/crawler sessions, 1 operator session, and only one heuristic likely-human session.
Top traffic contributors were multiple external IPs, including 74.7.241.22 (1,245 requests), 216.73.216.51 (868 requests), and 216.244.66.198 (370 requests). No datacenter origin traffic was observed.
Nine specific exploit attempts targeting WordPress installation scripts were detected across four distinct IP addresses: 162.158.182.93, 104.23.221.17, 104.23.221.16, and 162.158.110.194.
The traffic pattern is consistent with high-volume automated scraping/crawling mixed with a low number of deliberate exploitation attempts and minimal organic user interaction.
Red Team — Facts Only
* Total external requests: 11,982 from 613 unique IPs.
* Operator activity: 439 requests from 1 IP (38.175.170.87).
* HTTP 200 responses: 11,882.
* HTTP 502 responses: 7.
* Exploit attempts detected: 9 requests.
* Exploit patterns observed: Multiple requests targeting /wp-admin/install.php?step=1 from IPs including 162.158.182.93, 104.23.221.17, 104.23.221.16, and 162.158.110.194.
* Top IPs by volume: 74.7.241.22 (1,245 req), 216.73.216.51 (868 req), 216.244.66.198 (370 req).
* Session breakdown: 1 likely-human, 1 engaged, 1,440 bot/crawler sessions.
Purple Team — Pattern Analysis
The operational baseline is defined by massive, benign volume. The 11,982 requests are functionally background noise, with 99.9% being successful HTTP 200 responses. The system is effectively handling a large-scale crawling operation, evidenced by 1,440 bot sessions.
The potential signal is contained entirely within the 9 detected exploit attempts. These attempts, all targeting the WordPress installation endpoint, are highly suspicious and non-random. The presence of these specific targeting patterns, originating from IPs like 162.158.182.93, suggests focused, programmatic reconnaissance rather than general bot activity.
The large volume of traffic, especially the top three IP volume contributors, masks the exploit attempts but confirms the infrastructure is a target for automated access. The actionable signal is the specific list of IPs attempting file system manipulation, which requires immediate review against blocklists or threat feeds, rather than focusing on the overall request count.
The observed pattern suggests the infrastructure is currently under generalized probing/scraping, with specific, low-volume targeted exploitation activity that deserves threat-hunting prioritization.