ALERT Web Site Attacks

[wardmundy]

If you host a web site, this article is worth a careful read whether you use WordPress or not.

Top Five Attacking IPs This Month: Their Locations May Not Be Where You Think

At Wordfence, we see large amounts of threat actor data, and often that data tells unexpected stories. Taking a look at just the top five attacking IP addresses over a 30 day period, you might be surprised to find out where these attacks are originating, and what they are doing. When most people...

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[KNERD]

Relations between Australia and China have been strained in the past couple of years. Make me wonder if it is not China breaking into those systems to do attacks from there.

 

[wardmundy]

Relations between Australia and China have been strained in the past couple of years. Make me wonder if it is not China breaking into those systems to do attacks from there.

First thought I had after noticing Microsoft at the top of the list.

 

[hawk#1]

maybe they are using vpn and using ip's from different a different country so they really don't know what the real locations are

 

[dallas]

maybe they are using vpn and using ip's from different a different country so they really don't know what the real locations are

Possibly but as an Aussie I wouldn't put anything past China. After all we banned them from supplying 5G equipment because of the potential for spying and they were very unhappy when our PM called for an investigation into the source of COVID-19.