flux fleet digest — 2026-09-23 07:33 UTC

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

sensor events uniq IPs 7d avg events 7d avg uniq events delta
ai-devbox-1 9074 2817 3789 145 +139%
canary-farm-1 5150 288 4404 174 +17%
control-1 3598 121 4266 107 -16%
frantech-ts 17695 1080 12644 98 +40%
netcup-ts 1940 106 6335 85 -69%
ru-edge-1 12154 4979 3244 105 +275%
sponge-01-ts 1589 92 1574 111 +1%

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 app-config-php-error 34 9.5 3.6x
ai-devbox-1 app-config-yaml-error 26 5.8 4.5x
ai-devbox-1 backup-archive-error 24 1.0 24.0x
ai-devbox-1 config-json-error 42 9.0 4.7x
ai-devbox-1 phpinfo-error 497 26.5 18.8x
ai-devbox-1 tarpit 468 85.9 5.5x
ai-devbox-1 tarpit-disconnect 462 83.7 5.5x
ai-devbox-1 tarpit-module 3253 878.1 3.7x
ai-devbox-1 webshell-sweep-observed 25 7.7 3.3x
ai-devbox-1 wp-config-error 36 6.6 5.5x
canary-farm-1 env-production-error 450 134.7 3.3x
control-1 env-production-error 180 46.8 3.8x
control-1 phpinfo 56 14.0 4.0x
frantech-ts tarpit-module 1561 437.3 3.6x
ru-edge-1 app-config-php-error 63 4.5 14.0x
ru-edge-1 app-config-python-error 24 5.2 4.6x
ru-edge-1 app-config-yaml-error 35 3.5 10.0x
ru-edge-1 appsettings-json-error 29 1.0 29.0x
ru-edge-1 backup-archive-error 31 1.0 31.0x
ru-edge-1 config-json-error 73 2.8 26.5x
ru-edge-1 env-production-error 1008 129.2 7.8x
ru-edge-1 fake-git-error 97 7.0 13.9x
ru-edge-1 iis-web-config-error 24 3.7 6.5x
ru-edge-1 php-filter-tracebit-http-error 33 0.0 infx
ru-edge-1 phpinfo 21 3.8 5.5x
ru-edge-1 phpinfo-error 752 11.3 66.4x
ru-edge-1 phpmyadmin-credential-post 48 0.0 infx
ru-edge-1 sftp-config-error 37 4.5 8.2x
ru-edge-1 symfony-profiler-phpinfo-error 25 2.0 12.5x
ru-edge-1 tarpit 804 32.0 25.1x
ru-edge-1 tarpit-disconnect 788 30.9 25.5x
ru-edge-1 tarpit-module 4852 622.0 7.8x
ru-edge-1 tracebit-http-error 31 10.2 3.0x
ru-edge-1 webapp-config-bundle-js-error 48 1.8 27.4x
ru-edge-1 webshell-probe 113 21.2 5.3x
ru-edge-1 webshell-sweep-observed 158 2.6 60.8x
ru-edge-1 wp-config-error 124 7.0 17.7x
ru-edge-1 yii2-debug-view-error 30 3.7 8.2x

Campaign clusters (24h, journey-fingerprinted)

signature IPs events sensors first seen sample journey (6 steps)
3e1c5eb879e7 ⟳ 98 688 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]
7e61a9500d8b ⟳ 12 588 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
1a64c5d5efd2 9 189 ai-devbox-1,canary-farm-1,control-1,sponge-01-ts ⚠FLEET-WIDE 09-23 / [tarpit-module] → / [tarpit] → / [tarpit-disconnect] → / [tarpit-module] → / [tarpit] → / [tarpit-disconnect] → …
9cd5084e9e43 7 49 ai-devbox-1,ru-edge-1 ⚠FLEET-WIDE 09-23 /app_dir/.env [tarpit-module] → /app_dir/.env [tarpit] → /app_dir/.env [tarpit-disconnect]
ed66cc967251 7 29 canary-farm-1 09-23 /wp-login.php [wp-login-probe] → /wp-login.php [wp-login-credentials] → /wp-login.php [wp-login-probe] → /xmlrpc.php [wp-xmlrpc-post]
9932ef9d714d 7 49 ai-devbox-1,ru-edge-1 ⚠FLEET-WIDE 09-23 /redmine/.env [tarpit-module] → /redmine/.env [tarpit] → /redmine/.env [tarpit-disconnect]
2f886a7c88e7 ⟳ 6 173 ai-devbox-1,canary-farm-1,control-1,sponge-01-ts ⚠FLEET-WIDE 09-09 / [tarpit-module] → / [tarpit] → / [tarpit-disconnect] → / [tarpit-module] → / [tarpit] → / [tarpit-disconnect] → …
4b4cc0ece037 ⟳ 6 42 netcup-ts,ru-edge-1 ⚠FLEET-WIDE 08-30 / [tarpit-module] → / [tarpit-disconnect] → / [tarpit]

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
ru-edge-1 /cloud/gcp/config.json/v1/settings.ini 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /2024-backup.zip 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /server/php.php 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /model/.env 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /backend/helper/phpinfo.php 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /id_ed25519.pub 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /backend/nestjs/dist/secrets.env 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /ci-cd/github/v1/Dockerfile 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /umbraco.sql 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /config/settings.json/v2/keys.pem 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /admins/help/info.php 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /up/ 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /function/xampp/phpinfo 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /dev/temp.php 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /ml/config.js 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /cloud/azure/secrets.yaml/prod/secrets.json 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /instance/sendgrid_keys.py 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /dynatrace.json 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /service/service/phpinfo.php 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00
ru-edge-1 /configure.php.orig 2026-09-23 03:16:24.888762-04:00

New user agents:

sensor user agent first seen
ai-devbox-1 Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/ 2026-09-23 03:16:24.979226-04:00
netcup-ts Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/ 2026-09-23 03:16:24.979226-04:00
netcup-ts Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_0) AppleWebKit/ 2026-09-23 03:16:24.979226-04:00
ai-devbox-1 Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/ 2026-09-23 03:16:24.979226-04:00
ru-edge-1 Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; CyberHunter/1.0) 2026-09-23 03:16:24.979226-04:00
netcup-ts Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 2026-09-23 03:16:24.979226-04:00
canary-farm-1 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:142.0) Gecko/20 2026-09-23 03:16:24.979226-04:00
canary-farm-1 Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Fire 2026-09-23 03:16:24.979226-04:00
canary-farm-1 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 8_2_1; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/577.4 2026-09-23 03:16:24.979226-04:00
canary-farm-1 Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/541.52 (KHTML, l 2026-09-23 03:16:24.979226-04:00

Top talkers (24h)

sensor IP events trap fams paths first last blocklist ASN org cc POSTed
frantech-ts 185.209.196.130 13134 5 13134 09-23 01:34 09-23 01:36 ipsum:2 31173 Services AB DE 0
canary-farm-1 94.154.46.247 2400 137 1042 09-22 12:35 09-22 22:53 - Omegatech LTD US 0
frantech-ts 169.58.252.153 2176 14 1412 09-22 03:59 09-22 12:13 - Contabo GmbH FR 0
control-1 204.76.203.18 2086 1 562 09-22 03:33 09-23 06:12 ipsum:2 Pfcloud UG (haftungsbeschran NL 0
ru-edge-1 102.220.161.87 2003 56 824 09-22 08:27 09-22 18:26 - VPS Dedicated LLC SI 48
ai-devbox-1 94.154.46.244 1492 98 743 09-22 16:37 09-22 16:37 - Omegatech LTD US 0
netcup-ts 185.73.23.162 864 2 5 09-23 03:46 09-23 06:13 - Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum DE 0
sponge-01-ts 185.73.23.162 603 2 4 09-23 03:47 09-23 06:08 - Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum DE 0
ai-devbox-1 102.220.161.87 556 36 511 09-22 08:27 09-23 01:35 - VPS Dedicated LLC SI 0
canary-farm-1 102.220.161.87 530 36 511 09-22 11:17 09-22 21:24 - VPS Dedicated LLC SI 0
control-1 102.220.161.87 516 35 511 09-22 10:33 09-22 12:43 - VPS Dedicated LLC SI 0
ai-devbox-1 151.243.18.111 466 70 466 09-22 13:28 09-22 13:28 - Dedik Services Limited US 0
canary-farm-1 213.209.159.175 460 43 227 09-22 10:25 09-22 21:44 ipsum:3 firehol2 Feo Prest SRL DE 0
ai-devbox-1 80.94.95.211 330 43 326 09-23 03:08 09-23 03:11 - SS-Net RO 0
control-1 213.209.159.175 307 52 228 09-22 06:42 09-23 04:47 ipsum:3 firehol2 Feo Prest SRL DE 0

Canary economics (24h)

sensor mints distinct minting IPs
control-1 10 4
ru-edge-1 6 5
ai-devbox-1 17 16
canary-farm-1 14 13
netcup-ts 0 0

Mint failures (24h): control-1:400x4; ai-devbox-1:400x21; canary-farm-1:400x26; ru-edge-1:400x31

Mints by type label:

sensor types mints
ru-edge-1 ["aws"] 6
canary-farm-1 ["aws"] 14
control-1 ["aws"] 10
ai-devbox-1 ["aws"] 17

XFF forgery signals (24h)

  • requests with any X-Forwarded-For: 16577
  • multi-entry XFF (forged chains — no proxy appends on the direct path): 15390
  • XFF present but ignored as the source (all entries internal, or it agrees with the peer): 909
  • XFF naming a source other than the socket peer, from a direct connection (single-entry forgery): 15390

TLS split + Host census (24h)

sensor protocol events
ai-devbox-1 http 8955
ai-devbox-1 https 119
canary-farm-1 http 4991
canary-farm-1 https 159
control-1 http 3598
frantech-ts http 17695
netcup-ts http 1940
ru-edge-1 http 12154
sponge-01-ts http 1589

Top Host headers:

sensor host events
frantech-ts 209.141.62.110 16601
ru-edge-1 localhost 8947
ai-devbox-1 localhost 5385
canary-farm-1 109.123.246.142 4196
control-1 38.54.2.209 3574
ai-devbox-1 217.15.163.226 3465
ru-edge-1 130.94.89.46 2290
netcup-ts 159.195.21.150 1067
sponge-01-ts 89.167.72.144 978
frantech-ts localhost 968

Control node discovery velocity

  • first event ever: 2026-09-12 07:59 UTC (10 days live)
  • daily unique-IP ramp (newest first):
day events uniq IPs
2026-09-23 3598 121
2026-09-22 5088 145
2026-09-21 2632 89
2026-09-20 3856 109
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

Kill-chain watchlist (24h)

sensor IP trap fams journey (chronological) ASN org cc
canary-farm-1 94.154.46.247 137 /wp-config.old [wp-config-error] → /.git/config [fake-git-error] → /config.php [app-config-php-error] → /.aws/credentials [aws-credentials-file-error] → /wp-config.bak [wp-config-error] → /config/app.php [app-config-php-services-error] → /settings.php [app-config-php-error] → /.env~ [env-production-error] → /configuration.php [app-config-php-error] → /wp-config.php.save [wp-config-error] → /docker-compose.yaml [docker-compose-error] → /package-lock.json [package-lock-json-error] Omegatech LTD US
ai-devbox-1 94.154.46.244 98 /config/app.php [app-config-php-services] → /docker-compose.yml [docker-compose] → /package-lock.json [package-lock-json-error] → /phpinfo.php [phpinfo] → /.ssh/id_dsa [ssh-private-key-error] → /.travis.yml [generic-ci-config] → /html/.env [env-production] → /public/.env [env-production] → /.htpasswd [htpasswd-error] → /.ssh/id_rsa [ssh-private-key-error] → /yarn.lock [yarn-lock-error] → /myapp/settings.py [not-handled] Omegatech LTD US
ai-devbox-1 151.243.18.111 70 /frontend/.env.local [env-production-error] → /web/.env.local [env-production-error] → /.env.yml [env-production-error] → /.env.json [env-production-error] → /api/.env [env-production-error] → /api/.env.local [env-production-error] → /app/.env [env-production-error] → /docker/compose/withPostgres/.env [tarpit-module] → /env.txt [env-production-error] → /docker/.env [env-production-error] → /.env.save~ [env-production-error] → /.env.bak~ [env-production-error] Dedik Services Limited US
ru-edge-1 102.220.161.87 56 / [tarpit-module] → / [tarpit] → /pscan-a3e87233-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] VPS Dedicated LLC SI
control-1 213.209.159.175 52 / [tarpit-module] → /s3fr39tyysz37g [not-handled] → /.env [issued] → /rest/workflows [not-handled] → /api/.env [env-production] → /backend/.env [env-production] → /sendgrid.env [mail-service-env] → /admin/.env [env-production] → /server/.env [env-production] → /laravel/.env [env-production] → /phpinfo/ [not-handled] → /.env.example [env-production] Feo Prest SRL DE
ai-devbox-1 80.94.95.211 43 / [tarpit-module] → /ic5xxxrwg0zqhg [not-handled] → /.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] → /.env.example [env-production-error] SS-Net RO
canary-farm-1 213.209.159.175 43 / [tarpit-module] → /0v3tf18p6kve99 [not-handled] → /.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] → /.env.example [env-production-error] Feo Prest SRL DE
ru-edge-1 94.154.46.247 36 /.gitlab-ci.yml [gitlab-ci-error] → /config/app.php [app-config-php-services-error] → /.git/HEAD [fake-git-error] → /.ssh/authorized_keys [authorized-keys-error] → /wp-config.php~ [wp-config-error] → /.yarnrc [yarnrc-error] → /.env~ [env-production-error] → / [tarpit-module] → /.env.production.local [env-production-error] → /Gemfile.lock [not-handled] → /.git/config [fake-git-error] → /wp-config.php.bak [wp-config-error] Omegatech LTD US
ai-devbox-1 102.220.161.87 36 / [tarpit-module] → / [tarpit] → /pscan-1903cca3-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] VPS Dedicated LLC SI
canary-farm-1 102.220.161.87 36 / [tarpit-module] → /pscan-ea109591-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
ru-edge-1 94.154.46.243 36 /config/app.php [app-config-php-services-error] → /wp-config.php.save [wp-config-error] → /.env.saved [env-production-error] → /config.php [app-config-php-error] → /wp-config.old [wp-config-error] → /settings.php [app-config-php-error] → /.env.orig [env-production-error] → /config/database.php [app-config-php-database-error] → /Gemfile.lock [not-handled] → /.ssh/id_dsa [ssh-private-key-error] → /config/settings.py [app-config-python-error] → /.env_prod [env-production-error] Omegatech LTD US
control-1 102.220.161.87 35 / [tarpit-module] → /pscan-df07ff7c-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
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 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
canary-farm-1 159.223.132.86 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

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: 586 sources sent credentials → 482 got a shell (82%) → 296 ran a command (61% of shell-getters, 51% of sources)
  • event level: 9057 credential attempts → 5714 accepted logins → 4602 commands (81% of accepted logins go on to run something)
  • telnet (commodity IoT botnets): 500 attempts

New commands this window (0 of 66 distinct):

no command seen for the first time this window

Recurring commands (⟳ seen in an earlier window):

events IPs example source command (head)
1138 237 103.88.76.27 "cd ~; chattr -ia .ssh; lockr -ia .ssh"
972 218 103.88.76.27 "cd ~ && rm -rf .ssh && mkdir .ssh && echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEArDp4cun2lhr4KUhBGE7VvAcwdli2a8dbnrTOrbMz1+5O73fcBOx8NVbUT0b
573 1 109.160.32.38 "uname -m | awk '{printf $1}'"
573 1 109.160.32.38 "uname -s -v -n -r -m"
166 7 195.178.110.217 "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:${PATH:-} LC_ALL=C LANG=C\nuname=$(for c in uname /bin/uname /usr/
166 7 195.178.110.217 "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$PATH\nuname=$(uname -s -v -n -m 2>/dev/null || /bin/uname -s -v -
125 1 62.171.133.1 "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:$PATH\nuname=$(uname -s -v -n -m 2>/dev/null || /bin/uname -s -v -
125 1 62.171.133.1 "export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:${PATH:-} LC_ALL=C LANG=C\nuname=$(for c in uname /bin/uname /usr/

Credentials: 3845 distinct pairs offered this window, 0 new. Concentration is the signal, not the list — top pairs:

attempts user password
1101 345gs5662d34 345gs5662d34
815 root 3245gs5662d34
67 root 123456
63 user wasd
56 ubuntu 3245gs5662d34
50 pi raspberry
43 admin 3245gs5662d34
37 support support