Threat Intelligence Briefing

Global threat volume represents a significant deviation from baseline, spiking by 186% compared to the previous period. This surge is primarily driven by malware command-and-control (C2) activity (2,332 events) and general attacks (2,057 events). Nordic region traffic remains stable and consistent with 7-day averages, with Sweden (35 events) and Finland (9) showing routine, low-volume activity dominated by botnet and brute-force attacks. The top attacking IPs are globally distributed and focused on SSH brute-forcing. Focus defensive actions on the observed patterns, not ephemeral IPs. Consider temporarily rate-limiting SSH connection attempts from ASNs associated with the top source countries (US, IN, DE). The Nordic activity does not warrant immediate action as it aligns with expected background noise.