Report for IP: 172.238.189.70

Threat LevelHIGH62/1001 rule type
1 incident on record · active attack detected · last seen 4d ago
PTR 172-238-189-70.ip.linodeusercontent.com
Org / ASN Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Country 🇺🇸 United States
City Chicago, Illinois
Timezone America/Chicago

Attack Analysis

Webshell Upload Scan
This IP rapidly probed multiple non-existent PHP paths in under 60 seconds — a hallmark of automated webshell scanning tools hunting for previously uploaded backdoors or vulnerable file-upload endpoints. If successful, a webshell grants the attacker full remote code execution on the server.

Reports (1)

Date Severity Description
25 Sep 2026 - 16:13 high Web: Webshell scan — 3+ unknown PHP probes in 60s