Report for IP: 178.142.84.74

Threat LevelMEDIUM29/1001 rule type
1 incident on record · last seen 14d ago
PTR dyndsl-178-142-084-074.ewe-ip-backbone.de
Org / ASN EWE TEL GmbH
Country 🇩🇪 Germany
City Lathen, Lower Saxony
Timezone Europe/Berlin

Attack Analysis

WordPress XML-RPC Abuse
This IP targeted xmlrpc.php, a legacy WordPress endpoint that has been abused for brute-force authentication attacks, credential stuffing, and DDoS amplification. Any direct access to xmlrpc.php is an attack or reconnaissance attempt; modern WordPress sites should disable it entirely.

Reports (1)

Date Severity Description
21 Oct 2026 - 18:45 high WordPress: xmlrpc.php accessed