flux fleet digest — 2026-09-19 07:32 UTC

Fleet overview (last 24h vs 7-day baseline)

sensor events uniq IPs 7d avg events 7d avg uniq events delta
ai-devbox-1 4026 121 3808 81 +6%
canary-farm-1 5230 151 3504 97 +49%
control-1 5283 129 3943 55 +34%
frantech-ts 13886 98 5313 34 +161%
netcup-ts 523 75 880 40 -41%
ru-edge-1 3772 100 2325 42 +62%
sponge-01-ts 1850 123 1100 47 +68%

Sensors discovered in the sink: ai-devbox-1, canary-farm-1, control-1, frantech-ts, netcup-ts, ru-edge-1, sponge-01-ts.

Result-tag spikes (campaign candidates)

sensor result 24h 7d avg ratio
ai-devbox-1 phpinfo 59 14.5 4.1x
ai-devbox-1 phpmyadmin-login 81 11.6 7.0x
ai-devbox-1 tomcat-path-bypass-env 45 12.5 3.6x
ai-devbox-1 webapp-config-bundle-js 164 32.0 5.1x
ai-devbox-1 yii2-debug-view 24 6.3 3.8x
canary-farm-1 adminer-credential-post 24 0.0 infx
canary-farm-1 adminer-login 24 3.0 8.0x
canary-farm-1 phpmyadmin-login 92 7.8 11.8x
canary-farm-1 tarpit 185 61.4 3.0x
canary-farm-1 tomcat-path-bypass-env 60 15.0 4.0x
canary-farm-1 webapp-config-bundle-js 165 23.0 7.2x
canary-farm-1 webapp-config-bundle-js-error 84 23.7 3.5x
canary-farm-1 wp-batch-rejected 24 4.4 5.5x
canary-farm-1 yii2-debug-view 24 6.0 4.0x
canary-farm-1 yii2-debug-view-error 35 8.8 4.0x
control-1 phpinfo 58 6.5 8.9x
ru-edge-1 phpinfo-error 26 7.2 3.6x
ru-edge-1 phpmyadmin-login 32 4.3 7.4x
ru-edge-1 tarpit-module 1030 316.9 3.3x
ru-edge-1 tracebit-http-error 31 9.2 3.4x
ru-edge-1 webshell-probe 52 3.0 17.3x

Campaign clusters (24h, journey-fingerprinted)

signature IPs events sensors first seen sample journey (6 steps)
3e1c5eb879e7 ⟳ 98 664 ai-devbox-1,canary-farm-1,control-1,frantech-ts,netcup-ts,ru-edge-1,sponge-01-ts ⚠FLEET-WIDE 08-29 / [tarpit-module] → / [tarpit] → / [tarpit-disconnect]
e6e6f15a77e8 ⟳ 13 39 ai-devbox-1,canary-farm-1 ⚠FLEET-WIDE 09-03 /wp-login.php [wp-login-probe] → /wp-login.php [wp-login-credentials] → /wp-login.php [wp-login-probe]
7e61a9500d8b ⟳ 12 588 ai-devbox-1,canary-farm-1,control-1,frantech-ts,netcup-ts,ru-edge-1,sponge-01-ts ⚠FLEET-WIDE 08-29 /bin/sh [cgi-traversal-rce-command] → /bin/sh [cmd-injection-apache-cgi-shell] → /hello.world [cmd-injection-php-cgi-rce] → / [cmd-injection-php-cgi-rce] → /index.php [cmd-injection-php-cgi-rce] → /te
4b4cc0ece037 ⟳ 8 56 canary-farm-1,control-1,frantech-ts ⚠FLEET-WIDE 08-30 / [tarpit-module] → / [tarpit-disconnect] → / [tarpit]
7ea1125e0232 ⟳ 6 84 ai-devbox-1,netcup-ts,ru-edge-1,sponge-01-ts ⚠FLEET-WIDE 08-30 / [tarpit-module] → / [tarpit] → / [tarpit-disconnect] → / [tarpit-module] → / [tarpit] → / [tarpit-disconnect]
8912719db30f 4 12 ai-devbox-1,canary-farm-1,control-1,frantech-ts ⚠FLEET-WIDE 09-19 / [tarpit-module] → /api.php [webshell-sweep-observed] → / [tarpit-module]
850993125b15 ⟳ 4 164 canary-farm-1 08-29 / [tarpit-module] → /console/ [weblogic-console-login] → /server [not-handled] → /server-status [server-status-html] → /about [not-handled] → /login.action [confluence-login] → …
b07c7bb207b4 ⟳ 4 164 ai-devbox-1 08-29 / [tarpit-module] → /console/ [weblogic-console-login] → /server [not-handled] → /server-status [server-status-html] → /about [not-handled] → /login.action [confluence-login] → …

Signature = SHA-256 of the ordered path[result] sequence (≤40 steps). Same signature across IPs = one tooling campaign; IPs rotate, signatures persist.

First-seen in this window

New paths:

sensor path first seen
sponge-01-ts /.env.save.1 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
sponge-01-ts /sandbox/.env 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
sponge-01-ts /home/ec2-user/.config/bin/aws/bin/.env 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
sponge-01-ts /larabus/.env 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
sponge-01-ts /home/ec2-user/.local/bin/aws/tools/.env 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
sponge-01-ts /home/ec2-user/.config/bin/aws/tools/.env 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
sponge-01-ts /aws-ses/.env 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
sponge-01-ts /connect/.env 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
sponge-01-ts /blog/wp-login.php 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
ru-edge-1 /Socketio/.env 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
ru-edge-1 /apis/.env.staging 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
ru-edge-1 /app/.env.staging 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
ru-edge-1 /asset_img/.env 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
ru-edge-1 /basic-network/.env 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
ru-edge-1 /backup/App_Config/ConnectionStrings.config 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
ru-edge-1 /global.asa.bak 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
ru-edge-1 /setup.sql 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
ru-edge-1 /administrator/info.php 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
ru-edge-1 /adminphp.php 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00
ru-edge-1 /resources/.git/config 2026-09-19 03:16:06.256095-04:00

New user agents:

sensor user agent first seen
ru-edge-1 Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; fr; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/200507 2026-09-19 03:16:22.413679-04:00
ai-devbox-1 Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:129.0) Gecko/2010 2026-09-19 03:16:22.413679-04:00
sponge-01-ts Python/3.12 aiohttp/3.12.15 2026-09-19 03:16:22.413679-04:00
frantech-ts Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:133.0) Gecko/2010 2026-09-19 03:16:22.413679-04:00
frantech-ts Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:65.0) Gecko/201 2026-09-19 03:16:22.413679-04:00
frantech-ts Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 2026-09-19 03:16:22.413679-04:00
ru-edge-1 Python/3.10 aiohttp/3.8.4 2026-09-19 03:16:22.413679-04:00
ai-devbox-1 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:129.0) Gecko/20 2026-09-19 03:16:22.413679-04:00
canary-farm-1 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 2026-09-19 03:16:22.413679-04:00
frantech-ts Mozilla/5.0 (version-check) 2026-09-19 03:16:22.413679-04:00

Top talkers (24h)

sensor IP events trap fams paths first last blocklist ASN org cc POSTed
frantech-ts 155.2.191.165 13000 5 13000 09-19 01:07 09-19 01:08 ipsum:1 Host Universal Pty Ltd US 0
control-1 204.76.203.18 1826 2 573 09-18 03:32 09-19 06:11 ipsum:2 Pfcloud UG (haftungsbeschran NL 0
ru-edge-1 204.76.203.18 1812 2 574 09-18 03:32 09-19 06:11 ipsum:2 Pfcloud UG (haftungsbeschran NL 0
canary-farm-1 176.65.144.71 1500 98 743 09-18 06:02 09-18 06:02 - Dedik Services Limited CH 0
control-1 94.154.46.244 1050 112 1042 09-19 03:55 09-19 03:56 - Omegatech LTD US 0
ru-edge-1 102.220.161.139 893 32 481 09-19 00:46 09-19 01:41 - VPS Dedicated LLC SI 0
ai-devbox-1 31.57.219.158 611 23 59 09-18 19:12 09-18 19:22 - 12651980 CANADA INC. FR 50
canary-farm-1 31.57.219.158 605 23 59 09-18 19:20 09-18 19:40 - 12651980 CANADA INC. FR 50
ai-devbox-1 102.220.161.139 514 34 511 09-18 23:40 09-19 00:37 - VPS Dedicated LLC SI 0
control-1 102.220.161.139 514 35 511 09-19 00:25 09-19 01:18 - VPS Dedicated LLC SI 0
canary-farm-1 102.220.161.139 404 27 309 09-19 00:43 09-19 01:41 - VPS Dedicated LLC SI 0
ai-devbox-1 195.178.110.159 384 2 372 09-18 05:39 09-18 05:39 ipsum:1 Techoff Srv Limited BG 0
ai-devbox-1 101.47.44.7 383 21 291 09-18 22:42 09-19 01:06 - Byteplus Pte. Ltd. SG 0
canary-farm-1 135.129.124.82 350 17 132 09-19 01:52 09-19 01:58 - Space Exploration Technologi NG 8
ai-devbox-1 80.94.95.211 329 45 325 09-18 22:17 09-18 22:19 - SS-Net RO 0

Canary economics (24h)

sensor mints distinct minting IPs
control-1 5 3
ru-edge-1 5 3
canary-farm-1 38 16
ai-devbox-1 26 14

Mint failures (24h): control-1:400x7; ai-devbox-1:400x7; ru-edge-1:400x31; canary-farm-1:400x43

Mints by type label:

sensor types mints
ai-devbox-1 ["aws"] 26
control-1 ["aws"] 5
ru-edge-1 ["aws"] 5
canary-farm-1 ["aws"] 38

XFF forgery signals (24h)

  • requests with any X-Forwarded-For: 2392
  • multi-entry XFF (forged chains — no proxy appends on the direct path): 0
  • XFF present but ignored as the source (all entries internal, or it agrees with the peer): 0
  • XFF naming a source other than the socket peer, from a direct connection (single-entry forgery): 0

TLS split + Host census (24h)

sensor protocol events
ai-devbox-1 http 2806
ai-devbox-1 https 1220
canary-farm-1 http 4058
canary-farm-1 https 1172
control-1 http 5283
frantech-ts http 13886
netcup-ts http 523
ru-edge-1 http 3772
sponge-01-ts http 1850

Top Host headers:

sensor host events
frantech-ts 209.141.62.110 13792
control-1 38.54.2.209 5263
ru-edge-1 130.94.89.46 3754
canary-farm-1 109.123.246.142 3247
ai-devbox-1 217.15.163.226 2221
sponge-01-ts 89.167.72.144 1826
ai-devbox-1 inference.fapthropic.com 1787
canary-farm-1 sso.rightabouteverything.show 1733
netcup-ts 159.195.21.150 408
canary-farm-1 vmi3243483.contaboserver.net 235

Control node discovery velocity

  • first event ever: 2026-09-12 07:59 UTC (6 days live)
  • daily unique-IP ramp (newest first):
day events uniq IPs
2026-09-19 5283 129
2026-09-18 3082 124
2026-09-17 5129 94
2026-09-16 4795 62
2026-09-15 5378 1
2026-09-14 3152 1
2026-09-13 4254 53
2026-09-12 1813 51
2026-09-11 481 35
2026-09-10 5026 95
2026-09-09 3265 68
2026-09-08 3376 120
2026-09-07 3256 108
2026-09-06 2523 99

Kill-chain watchlist (24h)

sensor IP trap fams journey (chronological) ASN org cc
control-1 94.154.46.244 112 /wp-config.php.save [wp-config] → /wp-config.php.bak [wp-config] → /config.js [webapp-config-bundle-js] → /.npmrc [npmrc-error] → /.env.orig [env-production] → /.env.prev [env-production] → /.env.staging.local [env-production] → /.env.copy [env-production] → /wp-config.old [wp-config] → /config.php [app-config-php] → /env [actuator-env] → /docker-compose.yml [docker-compose] Omegatech LTD US
canary-farm-1 176.65.144.71 98 /config.php [app-config-php] → /settings.php [app-config-php] → /config.js [webapp-config-bundle-js] → /.git/HEAD [fake-git] → /wp-config.php.old [wp-config] → /config.json [config-json] → /wp-config.php~ [wp-config] → /configuration.php [app-config-php] → /local_settings.py [app-config-python] → /.ssh/authorized_keys [authorized-keys-error] → /docker-compose.yaml [docker-compose] → /docker-compose.override.yml [docker-compose] Dedik Services Limited CH
ai-devbox-1 80.94.95.211 45 / [tarpit-module] → /vf3me03jjqx8se [not-handled] → /.env [issued] → /.env [tracebit-http-error] → /rest/workflows [not-handled] → /api/.env [env-production-error] → /backend/.env [env-production-error] → /sendgrid.env [mail-service-env-error] → /admin/.env [env-production-error] → /server/.env [env-production-error] → /laravel/.env [env-production-error] → /phpinfo/ [not-handled] SS-Net RO
control-1 102.220.161.139 35 / [tarpit-module] → /pscan-d6fdf207-nonexistent.txt [not-handled] → /.env [tracebit-http-error] → /vendor/.env [env-production-error] → /lib/.env [env-production-error] → /lab/.env [env-production-error] → /cronlab/.env [env-production-error] → /cron/.env [env-production-error] → /core/.env [env-production-error] → /core/app/.env [tarpit-module] → /core/Datavase/.env [tarpit-module] → /database/.env [phpmyadmin-login] VPS Dedicated LLC SI
ai-devbox-1 102.220.161.139 34 / [tarpit-module] → /pscan-bf4f93a7-nonexistent.txt [not-handled] → /.env [issued] → /vendor/.env [env-production] → /lib/.env [env-production] → /lab/.env [env-production] → /cronlab/.env [env-production] → /cron/.env [env-production] → /core/.env [env-production] → /core/app/.env [tarpit-module] → /core/Datavase/.env [tarpit-module] → /database/.env [phpmyadmin-login] VPS Dedicated LLC SI
ru-edge-1 102.220.161.139 32 / [tarpit-module] → /pscan-bde62f91-nonexistent.txt [not-handled] → /.env [issued] → /vendor/.env [env-production-error] → /lib/.env [env-production-error] → /lab/.env [env-production-error] → /cronlab/.env [env-production-error] → /cron/.env [env-production-error] → /core/.env [env-production-error] → /core/app/.env [tarpit-module] → /core/Datavase/.env [tarpit-module] → /database/.env [phpmyadmin-login] VPS Dedicated LLC SI
canary-farm-1 165.227.173.41 27 / [tarpit-module] → /console/ [weblogic-console-login] → /server [not-handled] → /server-status [server-status-html] → /about [not-handled] → /login.action [confluence-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_whm/login [whm-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_cpanel [whm-login] → /v2/_catalog [docker-registry-catalog] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/manifests/latest [docker-registry-manifest] → /v2/internal/auth-service/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] DigitalOcean, LLC DE
ai-devbox-1 139.59.132.8 27 / [tarpit-module] → /console/ [weblogic-console-login] → /server [not-handled] → /server-status [server-status-html] → /about [not-handled] → /login.action [confluence-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_whm/login [whm-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_cpanel [whm-login] → /v2/_catalog [docker-registry-catalog] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/manifests/latest [docker-registry-manifest] → /v2/internal/auth-service/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] DigitalOcean, LLC DE
canary-farm-1 143.244.168.161 27 / [tarpit-module] → /console/ [weblogic-console-login] → /server [not-handled] → /server-status [server-status-html] → /about [not-handled] → /login.action [confluence-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_whm/login [whm-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_cpanel [whm-login] → /v2/_catalog [docker-registry-catalog] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/manifests/latest [docker-registry-manifest] → /v2/internal/auth-service/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] DigitalOcean, LLC US
canary-farm-1 139.59.136.184 27 / [tarpit-module] → /console/ [weblogic-console-login] → /server [not-handled] → /server-status [server-status-html] → /about [not-handled] → /login.action [confluence-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_whm/login [whm-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_cpanel [whm-login] → /v2/_catalog [docker-registry-catalog] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/manifests/latest [docker-registry-manifest] → /v2/internal/auth-service/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] DigitalOcean, LLC DE
ai-devbox-1 143.110.217.244 27 / [tarpit-module] → /console/ [weblogic-console-login] → /server [not-handled] → /server-status [server-status-html] → /about [not-handled] → /login.action [confluence-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_whm/login [whm-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_cpanel [whm-login] → /v2/_catalog [docker-registry-catalog] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/manifests/latest [docker-registry-manifest] → /v2/internal/auth-service/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] DigitalOcean, LLC CA
canary-farm-1 102.220.161.139 27 / [tarpit-module] → /pscan-b60b4382-nonexistent.txt [not-handled] → /.env [issued] → /vendor/.env [env-production] → /lib/.env [env-production] → /lab/.env [env-production] → /cronlab/.env [env-production] → /cron/.env [env-production] → /core/.env [env-production] → /core/app/.env [tarpit-module] → /core/Datavase/.env [tarpit-module] → /database/.env [phpmyadmin-login] VPS Dedicated LLC SI
canary-farm-1 46.101.111.185 27 / [tarpit-module] → /console/ [weblogic-console-login] → /server [not-handled] → /server-status [server-status-html] → /about [not-handled] → /login.action [confluence-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_whm/login [whm-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_cpanel [whm-login] → /v2/_catalog [docker-registry-catalog] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/manifests/latest [docker-registry-manifest] → /v2/internal/auth-service/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] DigitalOcean, LLC DE
ai-devbox-1 157.230.19.140 27 / [tarpit-module] → /console/ [weblogic-console-login] → /server [not-handled] → /server-status [server-status-html] → /about [not-handled] → /login.action [confluence-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_whm/login [whm-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_cpanel [whm-login] → /v2/_catalog [docker-registry-catalog] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/manifests/latest [docker-registry-manifest] → /v2/internal/auth-service/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] DigitalOcean, LLC DE
ai-devbox-1 64.225.75.246 27 / [tarpit-module] → /console/ [weblogic-console-login] → /server [not-handled] → /server-status [server-status-html] → /about [not-handled] → /login.action [confluence-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_whm/login [whm-login] → /___proxy_subdomain_cpanel [whm-login] → /v2/_catalog [docker-registry-catalog] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] → /v2/internal/api-gateway/manifests/latest [docker-registry-manifest] → /v2/internal/auth-service/tags/list [docker-registry-tags] DigitalOcean, LLC NL

SSH/telnet honeypot (single sensor: frantech-ts)

Own honeypots on :2222/:2323, not the flux trap surface. Condensed feed (/data/hp-logs/), deliberately not part of v_logs. One host, so read it as a single-sensor view, not a fleet number.

  • funnel: 393 sources sent credentials → 312 got a shell (79%) → 198 ran a command (63% of shell-getters, 50% of sources)
  • event level: 18534 credential attempts → 15067 accepted logins → 5975 commands (40% of accepted logins go on to run something)
  • telnet (commodity IoT botnets): 318 attempts

New commands this window (0 of 50 distinct):

no command seen for the first time this window

Recurring commands (⟳ seen in an earlier window):

events IPs example source command (head)
1491 2 109.160.32.69 "uname -m | awk '{printf $1}'"
1491 2 109.160.32.69 "uname -s -v -n -r -m"
1018 174 175.97.207.27 "cd ~; chattr -ia .ssh; lockr -ia .ssh"
872 157 175.97.207.27 "cd ~ && rm -rf .ssh && mkdir .ssh && echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEArDp4cun2lhr4KUhBGE7VvAcwdli2a8dbnrTOrbMz1+5O73fcBOx8NVbUT0b
236 6 80.94.92.55 "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:${PATH:-} LC_ALL=C LANG=C\nuname=$(for c in uname /bin/uname /usr/
236 6 80.94.92.55 "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$PATH\nuname=$(uname -s -v -n -m 2>/dev/null || /bin/uname -s -v -
88 1 62.171.133.1 "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:${PATH:-} LC_ALL=C LANG=C\nuname=$(for c in uname /bin/uname /usr/
88 1 62.171.133.1 "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$PATH\nuname=$(uname -s -v -n -m 2>/dev/null || /bin/uname -s -v -

Credentials: 7298 distinct pairs offered this window, 0 new. Concentration is the signal, not the list — top pairs:

attempts user password
977 345gs5662d34 345gs5662d34
734 root 3245gs5662d34
50 pi raspberry
48 root 123456
45 admin 3245gs5662d34
39 user wasd
30 ubuntu 3245gs5662d34
30 test 3245gs5662d34