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TWHBW
Aug 20, 2021Tutor
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 ...
Robell1981
Aug 20, 2021Star
Wonder if this can be of any help. Just got the below email from Netgear saying they "enhanced" Armor. I wonder if its related.
Seems like the forum doesn't like the image. Here is a copy paste of the added protection.
Here is what has been added for your protection:
DoS and DDoS Protection:
Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) are organized attacks directed at a device on your network and are now blocked without any disruption to you or your network.
Sensitive Data Protection:
Your private data is protected. NETGEAR Armor blocks requests from non-encrypted connections to keep banking and other personally identifiable information secure.
Exploit Prevention:
NETGEAR Armor maintains a best-in-class, centralized list of vulnerabilities and exploits, then scans your devices for known threats.
Anomaly Detection:
Machine learning identifies baseline traffic flows on a variety of networks. Should an anomaly, like a sudden traffic spike, occur on any network device, the router will block the suspicious traffic to the device.
Brute Force Protection:
A brute force attack describes how hackers try all possible combinations to guess your device's login credentials.
TWHBW
Aug 20, 2021Tutor
Got the same email. It has to be related to the issues we are all experiencing now. These alerts are non stop.
- Robell1981Aug 20, 2021Star
Yeah, I don't really need those two hubs on at the moment so I turned their access to the network off and the alerts stopped. I'll leave them off for a while, but I know when I turn them back on it will start alerting like crazy.