App Engine instance under attack

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Adrian Dybwad

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Apr 20, 2017, 11:17:28 PM4/20/17
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Hello

It seems my app engine instance is being attacked with a specially formed url with an example as follows:

https://map.purpleair.org/map?'-function(){xssdetected(307911)}()-">\"><scrIpt>xssdetected(307911)</scrIpt><aUdio src=x oNerror=xssdetected(307911)><"-'-function(){xssdetected(307911)}()zoom=6&lat=54.0555645775118&lng=-129.54582149505615&selected=66952|214535|214537|200713|200715|141671|141673|177352|177354|o2|250990|250995|157198|157200|120017|179970|179972|119967|159759|159761|155922|155924|251016|251018|162380|162384|246028|246030|92577|179966|179968|201850|201854|80301|170983|170985|92566|162320|162322|179891|179893|233210|233212|210046|210048|143567|143569|249050|249052|223912|223914|168707|168709|258981|258983|157217|157219|195132|195134|198203|198205|119962|141646|141644|92564|195095|195097|143537|143539|195119|195121|162316|162318|170977|170979|212185|212187|113793|157202|157204|120015|179899|179901|250969|250971|251012|251014&orderby=L&latr=8.39036891973398&lngr=20.126953125


There are a lot of requests like this in the last few days and they vary in format or content. 


I am interested in notifying google to assist in blocking or investigating this attack.


Please let me know how to go about this or if anyone has any suggestions?


Thank you!

Adrian

Adrian Dybwad

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Apr 21, 2017, 12:16:46 AM4/21/17
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This was the google security scanner. Somehow it started scanning thousands of different combinations of url. I will look into it some more and see how to stop it doing that!

Nicholas (Google Cloud Support)

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Apr 21, 2017, 4:10:38 PM4/21/17
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Have you created any security scans for your application(s) and/or domains?  If so, you can exclude URLs matching specific patterns.  If not, are you still affected by this security scan?  Is or was it confined to a specific time frame?
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