Threat Intelligence Briefing

Global threat volume remains stable, showing only a 1.3% increase compared to the previous 6-hour period, which is consistent with the 7-day average. Reconnaissance continues to dominate the threat landscape. Nordic countries show no significant deviations from their established baselines; Sweden (714 events) and Finland (401 events) exhibit their typical, elevated levels of mostly reconnaissance and SSH brute force activity. The top threat IPs are ephemeral and primarily originate from Romanian (2.57.122.0/24) and US (172.202.74.0/24) CIDR ranges, indicating widespread, automated scanning campaigns. Focus defensive resources on monitoring and potentially rate-limiting traffic from the Romanian 2.57.122.0/24 subnet and similar networks known for scanning. The current activity does not justify immediate, broad blocking measures. Deprioritize individual IP addresses within these campaigns, as they are transient. Continue standard vigilance on SSH endpoints and web-facing services.