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.
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Uh sorry dude, but no this isn't a script kiddy, these are bots that scan every IP address every day for any open ports, it's a constant thing. If you have a public IP, you have people, govs, nefarious groups scanning it. AWS will tell you the same as if you were hosting it locally, close up the ports, put it on a private network. Use a vpc and WAF in AWS' case.
I get scanned constantly. Every hour of every day dark forced attempt to penetrate our defences.
Not on AWS and yes I know I can't stop port scanning and bad traffic is a thing. Doesn't stop me from filling out the form. I think to piss off you and the other commenters, I'll write a script to auto fill out AWS abuse forms. Also script kiddy or bot, all the same to me, their hosting provider is getting a message from me
Good luck with that, I suppose. Botnets can have thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of infected hosts that will endlessly scan everything on the interwebs. Many of those infected hosts are behind NAT's and your abuse form would be the equivalent of reporting an entire region for a single scan.
But hey! Change the world, amirite?
Meh. I know everyone is giving OP the piss, but I used to fret about this type of stuff long time ago. LOL That became a job. Then I learned a little more and realized I wasn't being targeted specifically by some hooded specter in a dimly lit basement emphatically announcing 'I'm in!', but that these were bots. Sophisticated bots tho, I'll give them that.
My general attitude is similar to yours. Let OP figure out that the reporting and blocking is basically just creating more noise that has to gets filtered out and bot supply is basically infinite.
"It's a learning experience."
Yeah with Amazon's sheer size this has definitely been done before, curious what limits op is going to hit. My guess is they have a quota for submissions, and they'll be banned from submitting tickets.