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TWHBW
Tutor
Aug 20, 2021

Armor Blocking Repetitive Port Scan Attacks on Google Nest Hub

I keep getting port scan attack notices (every 5-10 minutes for two days now) from Armor regarding two Google Nest Hubs we have. When I go to check the information in the app, the app says "something ...
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ags7798
Aspirant
Sep 26, 2021
I placed my phone, connected to the Google hub, next to the hub during a scan and probes actually got to and were detected by netgear on the phone... now I'm thinking it is a legit vulnerability and am wondering if this is really netgears fault... I'll see if I can run wireshark to grab any info on the scans
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SilkyS
Guide
Oct 04, 2021
I'm still having the same issue. Hopefully somebody can figure it out. I'm not going to unblock it until I realize it's okay.
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    SilkyS
    Guide
    Oct 04, 2021
    I also wanted to add that my issue actually seemed to start after I paid for the armor service not before.