Nice big old port scan. Brand new server too. Just a few days old so there is nothing to find. Don’t worry I contacted AWS. Stay safe out there.

    • non_burglar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      27 days ago

      Umm…

      You know how that works, right? Like, if you don’t want to expose ports, just… don’t expose them. But you can’t prevent port scanning.

      I would love to see the support request from AWS for this.

      Edit: also, I think “script kiddy” is a bit of a stretch here.

      • MightBeFluffy@pawb.socialOPEnglish
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        27 days ago

        I don’t have any open ports. I do not care if I did. Port scanning is not authorized traffic.

        I would love to see the support request from AWS for this.

        Here you go:

        Mandiant ASM scanners perform a variety of security-related data-gathering tasks, all intended to positively identify assets and their security posture. The gathered information is analyzed by our research team and proactively published to the owners of this information through our freemium product. No Collection task performed requires authorized access. It is intentionally designed to be light. While your IDS or WAF may have alerted on these scans, these are benign flags and are not indicative of malicious behavior.

        If you have further questions, or would like to opt-out, please reply to this message and you will be routed to the appropriate team.

        • ramble81@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          27 days ago

          In other words their response was “hey dumbass here’s what happened, now move along”. They didn’t do anything except school you.

          • cellardoor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            27 days ago

            I think they have a LOT to learn about how the internet ‘works’ as well as how the internet works.

            • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              27 days ago

              Thing is, for the average consumer of the internet, they have no real concept what’s going on behind the webpage with the fancy graphics they happen to be looking at. When I try to explain to them that bots comprise conservatively 40-50% of all internet traffic which is about ~2 zettabytes per 24 hour period, they still don’t get it. And really, they don’t have to, that’s the job of sysadmin. It’s still pretty mind blowing.

            • sidelove@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              27 days ago

              Bro. AWS can do jack shit, that’s not how it works. You might as well call Toyota next time you see a Camry speeding. All you’re going to do is annoy people who in no way can help you with a problem that is your responsibility. I can guarantee they’ll tell you you should use private VPCs and entrypoints with security groups, which is what every AWS tutorial starts out by telling you to use.

        • non_burglar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          27 days ago

          Port scanning is not authorized traffic.

          Lol what

          I think you should read the terms of your AWS contract. How do you think aws moves instances if not for agents gathering metrics?

          And this case is Mandiant, so you’re fine.

          Are you sure you’re ready for AWS?