Cybersecurity Alert: Botnets and Hacker Activity on the Rise
As we reach the midpoint of 2024, the cybersecurity landscape continues to face significant threats from botnets—networks of compromised machines controlled by hackers. Recent reports have shed light on a dramatic increase in botnet activity, [...]
IPBan Pro 3.2.0 is Now Available
After a few months of hard work, IPBan Pro 3.2.0 is now available. Enjoy! Full changelog - Option to ban remote ips that meet a connection count over a number of seconds. See IPBan Shield [...]
Securing RDP on Default Windows Installations
Using Windows Server and RDP? Make sure you change three important group policy options right away. 1] Interactive login: Display user information when the session is locked. Set to "Do not display user information." 2] [...]
IPBan Pro 3.1.0 Released
After three months of testing and feedback, we've released IPBan Pro 3.1.0. This is a web admin and personal edition heavy feature release. View the goodies here.
IPBan Pro 3.0.0 is Now Available
I'm pleased to announce the release of IPBan Pro 3.0.0. This is a big release that contains two big updates: An upgrade to .NET 8, and a fix for a nasty Windows Filtering Platform memory [...]
IPBan Pro 2.6.0 is Now Available
IPBan Pro 2.6.0 is out of beta and ready to download. There's a number of bug fixes and small performance boosts. IPBan Pro 3.0.0 is in the works and includes substantial memory reduction for both [...]
Windows Server 2012 is no Longer Supported
IPBan Pro no longer officially supports Windows Server 2012 as that operating system reached end of life on October 10, 2023. If you're using this operating system it is highly recommended to upgrade to a [...]
🔒 Why Your Action on Cybersecurity Matters Now More Than Ever 🔒
Friends and colleagues, Did you know that every 39 seconds, there's a cyber attack somewhere in the world? 🌍💻 As our professional and personal lives continue to integrate with the digital realm, the importance of [...]
The Rising Tide of Botnet Attacks in 2023: Why It’s Crucial to Fortify Your Systems
In the digital age, the security of our systems is paramount. As we become more interconnected, the threats we face evolve and multiply. One such threat that has seen a significant surge in 2023 is [...]
IPBan Pro 2.5.0 is now Available
After several months of work, IPBan Pro 2.5.0 is now ready for usage. This release represents an immense amount of work and I hope it serves all of you well. New Features - Country block [...]
Cyberattack Roundup June 2023
Cyberattacks continue to grow and cause pain for organizations - In 2022, there were over 50 billion cyberattacks, and the number is only expected to grow in the coming years. - The average cost of [...]
IPBan Pro 2.4.0 is now Available
IPBan Pro 2.4.0 is now available. You can download from https://github.com/DigitalRuby/IPBanProReleases/releases or your account page. This feature brings the much requested url whitelisting feature. This allows you to give out url's that will allow users [...]
IPBan Pro 2.3.0 is now out of Beta and Released!
I'm pleased to announce that IPBan Pro 2.3.0 is now generally available. Head on over to https://github.com/DigitalRuby/IPBanProReleases/releases to view the releases and download. Changelogs can be accessed below... Web Admin Changelog: https://ipban.com/web-admin-changelog/ Datacenter and Personal [...]
IPBan Pro 2.2.0 is Now Available
IPBan Pro 2.2.0 is now released. This version includes Cloudflare integration for the web admin server, allowing you to upload the most offending ip addresses to the Cloudflare firewall. Release also includes minor bug fixes.
IPBan Pro 2.2.0 Beta is Available for Testing
I've added a new plugin architecture for IPBan Pro 2.2.0, the first plugin is Cloudflare. This plugin will sync the most recent banned ip addresses to the Cloudflare firewall in the zones of your choice. [...]
IPBan Pro 2.1.2 is Now Available
I've released a hotfix - version 2.1.2, and this is recommended for all users to fix a memory leak introduced in version 2.1.0. Since this is a patch release, it won't show up in the [...]
IPBan Pro 2.1.0 is now Available
I am pleased to announce that IPBan Pro 2.1.0 is now available. Going forward I will keep patch releases tagged in github under the minor version. For example, the very latest version of IPBan Pro [...]
Announcing IPThreat
After 4 months and some late nights, we are proud to announce that IPThreat is publicly available. IPThreat is a new website/wiki/database/api that aggregates bad actor ip addresses from all over the Internet. Everything is [...]
Azure Functions Failure
As some of you know, ipban pro had an outage on 2022-08-04. This lasted a good 8 hours. I have been using Azure Functions as a proxy layer for all of ipban pro. At a [...]
Mantis Botnet performs 26 million requests per second
The Mantis botnet just threw an astounding 26 million requests per second during a DDOS attack. Botnets continue to be problematic and IPBan Pro is a great solution to ensure your entire datacenter blocks out [...]
IPBan Pro 2.0.1 is Now Available
I've just released IPBan Pro 2.0.1 which contains minor updates and bug fixes, including adding an option to set the duplicate notification filter window.
Quick Update about Memory Leak
I've reposted the 2.0.0 versions of all IPBan Pro software because I think I have finally fixed that pesky memory leak. There was a leak of a zlib compression handle that has been cleaned up [...]
IPBan Pro 2.0.0 is Now Available
It's been a lot of work this year to get IPBan Pro 2.0.0 ready for release, and I am pleased to announce that IPBan Pro 2.0.0 is ready for download. Please see the pre 2.0.0 [...]
IPBan Pro API Swagger Documentation
I've added swagger documentation to the IPBan Pro API. You can view the documentation here: https://api.ipban.com/swagger. To use the recent or naughty list, you need to use a public api key, which can be purchased [...]
