Threat Intelligence Briefing

Global threat activity increased by +30.8% vs previous period, primarily driven by attacks (989 events) and malware C2 (528 events). The Netherlands (<a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/country-intelligence/NL" target="_blank">NL</a>) remains the top source country (495 events), with Russia (<a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/country-intelligence/RU" target="_blank">RU</a>) and Romania (<a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/country-intelligence/RO" target="_blank">RO</a>) contributing high-volume SSH brute force attacks. Nordic activity remains low but Norway (<a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/country-intelligence/NO" target="_blank">NO</a>) shows a slight uptick in attacks and brute force attempts. The Russian IP <a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/ip-intelligence/45.135.232.92" target="_blank">45.135.232.92</a> is notably active with 15 brute force events. This surge aligns with typical weekday patterns but warrants monitoring due to the concentrated SSH attack vectors. Consider temporary rate-limiting for CIDR ranges associated with RU and RO SSH brute force clusters, particularly targeting port 22. Deprioritize individual IP blocking unless they exhibit sustained high-volume patterns beyond this reporting window.