Report for IP: 196.40.97.158

Threat LevelMEDIUM28/1001 rule type
1 incident on record · last seen 31d ago
PTR www58.cpt1.host-h.net
Org / ASN AS37153 Xneelo (Pty) Ltd
Country 🇿🇦 South Africa
City Cape Town, Western Cape
Timezone Africa/Johannesburg

Attack Analysis

🇿🇦 South Africa · Cape Town · 37153 · Cpt Managed 1
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
30 Jun 2026 - 15:38 high Web: xmlrpc.php accessed