Threat Intelligence Briefing

Global threat volume decreased by 7.6% compared to the previous period, remaining consistent with the 7-day average. SSH brute-force attacks from Russian and Bulgarian IPs dominated the top threat actors, with <a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/ip-intelligence/176.120.22.13" target="_blank">176.120.22.13</a> (<a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/country-intelligence/RU" target="_blank">RU</a>) being most active. Nordic countries showed minimal activity: Sweden recorded 7 events across 3 IPs, while Finland had 6 events from 4 IPs—both routine background noise levels. The primary threat landscape remains malware C2 infrastructure (953 events), indicating persistent botnet activity rather than new campaigns. Focus on blocking patterns from known malicious ASNs rather than individual IPs. Consider temporary rate-limiting for SSH traffic from Eastern European CIDR ranges exhibiting repeated brute-force patterns. Deprioritize Nordic-originating threats unless volume increases significantly, as current levels represent normal background scanning activity.