Threat Intelligence Briefing

Global threat activity increased by 37.1% vs the previous 6-hour period, driven primarily by malware C2 (594 events) and attack-related traffic (485 events). The Netherlands (703 events) remains the top source country, with Russian IP <a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/ip-intelligence/45.140.17.124" target="_blank">45.140.17.124</a> notably active in SSH brute force attacks. This surge exceeds the 7-day average and reflects coordinated activity from known malicious ASNs, particularly those hosting Dutch infrastructure. No Nordic anomalies were detected. Consider temporary rate-limiting for SSH traffic from NL-based CIDR ranges <a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/ip-intelligence/188.166.0.0" target="_blank">188.166.0.0</a>/16 and <a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/ip-intelligence/167.71.0.0" target="_blank">167.71.0.0</a>/16, where 60% of brute force attempts originated. Deprioritize individual IP blocking unless repeated across multiple reporting periods, as most are ephemeral.