Threat Intelligence Briefing

Global threat volume spiked by over 450% compared to the previous 6-hour period, a significant deviation from routine background noise. This surge was primarily driven by spam, attacks, and malware C2 activity, with the US, India, and China as top source countries. Nordic region traffic remained relatively stable and consistent with 7-day averages, with Sweden (97 events) and Finland (76 events) showing typical patterns across anonymizer, botnet, and brute-force categories. A cluster of SSH brute-force attacks originated from Russian IPs <a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/ip-intelligence/176.120.22.0" target="_blank">176.120.22.0</a>/24 and Bulgarian ASN, indicating coordinated rather than ephemeral activity. Given the global surge, prioritize monitoring and potential rate-limiting for traffic patterns associated with spam campaigns and SSH brute-forcing, particularly from the identified Russian and Bulgarian clusters. Nordic defenders should maintain standard vigilance on outgoing SSH and web attack traffic, as regional activity remains within expected parameters. No immediate blocking of entire ASNs is recommended based on current data.