I've been getting a lot of notifications from my Netgear RS300 about "Suspicious connection blocked". Over the past 72 hours, I've noticed around 15 remote connection attempts from the same IP address, which turns out to be associated with Cloudflare in San Francisco, CA. It seems like these attempts are mainly targeting my mobile devices on my home network. The alerts say that I don't need to do anything, as Netgear Armor is on it, but I'm feeling pretty uneasy. I've seen similar attempts in the past but not as frequently. Is Cloudflare a company that poses a risk? Are these just random scans, or is someone actively testing my network security? What should I do, if anything? Will these attempts stop eventually?
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Cloudflare is actually a reputable company that provides cloud services to many businesses. What you’re experiencing are likely just standard bot scans looking for vulnerabilities. These scans are common and can happen to any device connected to the internet. Just make sure your router’s firewall is active and that you keep your firmware updated, and you should be fine.
Thanks for clarifying! I was starting to worry a bit. Do these bot scans happen randomly or is something triggering them?