My Analytics Panel Says AI Assistants Are Desperate for /wp-config.php
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An analysis of security analytics showing how automated crawlers and AI assistants aggressively probe web servers for non-existent sensitive files like /wp-config.php. The author breaks down how Cloudflare identifies these probes using user-agent headers and reveals that the vast majority of AI crawler requests target legacy vulnerability paths. Security and threat modeling are vital components of backend architecture. Even if your stack uses Node or FastAPI rather than WordPress, understanding how bot networks and AI assistants scan public endpoints helps engineers implement proper security controls, rate limiting, and log monitoring. Recognizing scan patterns protects your infrastructure from automated reconnaissance.