Threat Intelligence Briefing

Global threat volume increased by +2.1% compared to the previous period, remaining consistent with the 7-day average and representing routine background noise. The top threat categories continue to be reconnaissance (91% of traffic), aggregated threats, and attacks. Nordic countries showed stable, low-level activity; Sweden (659 events) and Finland (408) saw the most traffic, primarily botnet and reconnaissance, which aligns with their historical baselines. A cluster of SSH brute force attacks originated from Polish (<a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/asn-intelligence/5617" target="_blank">AS5617</a>/Orange Polska) and Vietnamese IP ranges, though this is a persistent pattern, not a new campaign. Defenders should continue to prioritize monitoring and blocking patterns over individual IPs. The Polish <a href="https://ip.wayscloud.services/asn-intelligence/5617" target="_blank">AS5617</a> range is a known source of credential attacks; consider temporary blocking or rate-limiting SSH traffic from this ASN. Deprioritize individual IPs from the Vietnamese cluster as they are ephemeral. No immediate action is required for Nordic traffic, which remains at expected levels.