Port scans

encryptix

sorry if this is the wrong section,i think it could be

For the last 2 months ive noticed in the router(netopia) logs some "security log entries."

these have mostly been an 86./87.xxx.xx.xxx ip and normally between 6- 11pm on weekdays.
There are usually 4 or 5 per week.

i don't pay much attention to them, as the only thing normally connected to the router is my
laptop(nothing sensitive really on it) or xbox. i thought at first that it could be my
brother playing games on the xbox, but then some of the entries have been at 3 - 4 am.



last one :

Security alert type : Port Scan
Protocol type : TCP
IP source address : 87.232.56.174
Time at last attempt : 3/30/09 07:34:52 PM
Number of ports that were scanned: 5
Highest port : 56383
Lowest port : 56341
56341 56351 56362 56377 56383

and a whois brings up

Host dsl-056-174.cust.imagine.ie
Location IE IE, Ireland
City Dublin, 07 -
Organization Imagine Telecommunications Ltd
ISP Imagine Telecommunications Ltd
AS Number AS35272 Imagine Broadband Ltd

is this anything to be more concerned about or just random scanning?

ethernet

Do you use IRC much? If so, you can expect quite a few.

encryptix

no i have never used irc.

there is a new one from 10am this morning, when nothing was connected to the router.

also, yesterday a rapidshare account i use was "hacked" and was used for downloads in poland + china. Ive scanned my pc for malware/virus etc and found nothing. Just a coincidence hopefully.