Report for IP: 20.174.162.174

Threat LevelMEDIUM28/1001 rule type
1 incident on record ยท last seen 48d ago
PTR N/A
Org / ASN Microsoft Azure Cloud (uaenorth)
Country ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates
City Dubai, Dubai
Timezone Asia/Dubai

Attack Analysis

WordPress Username Enumeration
This IP probed the WordPress ?author= parameter to enumerate valid usernames (e.g. ?author=1, ?author=2). Harvested usernames are then fed into credential stuffing or password brute-force attacks. This is purely reconnaissance โ€” there is no legitimate reason to systematically probe author IDs.

Reports (1)

Date Severity Description
13 Aug 2026 - 04:10 high WordPress: User enumeration โ€” 3+ author probes in 60s