IP Bans
On my Servers i block several IP's with IP-Tables. But you should always pay attention when doing this, because Spammers and Hackers use Dial-Up connections. So you might block "normal" Users someday.
I recommend blocking those IP's for shure. The Vendor Group is a community of very aggressive spammers:
# Black list of spammers/hackers
# These guys are pests! Let's stop them at the firewall
# May cause issues if these ip addresses get assign to someone
# else in the future
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 61.141.203.0/24 -j BL # bnd56.com & other chinese spammers
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 64.70.22.96/28 -j DROP # Vendare Group (Jackpot.com, jpmailer.com)
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 209.132.245.64/27 -j BL # Vendare Group (Jackpot.com, jpmailer.com)
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 216.34.211.16/28 -j BL # Vendare Group (Jackpot.com, jpmailer.com)
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 216.34.216.140/27 -j BL # Vendare Group (Jackpot.com, jpmailer.com)
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 216.52.237.0/27 -j BL # secureprivatepay*.{com,org,net}
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 216.52.244.0/27 -j BL # secureprivatepay*.{com,org,net}
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 216.52.248.32/27 -j BL # secureprivatepay*.{com,org,net}
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 216.131.94.43 -j BL # reliablehosting.com
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 81.23.243.8 -j BL # search.msn.com
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 207.115.56.39 -j BL # prodigy.net
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 221.5.2.2 -j BL # Spammer Messagecastle.com
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -s 217.81.60.27 -j BL
I recommend to limit access to your SSH to always one (your) IP! I did it with a dynamic host like dyndns.org, wich can be updated automatically in a cron job. You can take the preview of the Plesk-Firewall script and modify it. Then paste the whole script in a bash-file. Add your rules and let it be runned by a cron-job. If your ISP changes the IP's regularly you can fit the cron-job for it. If your IP is not actual and bans yourself , you can still switch it with your Plesk-Firewall-Module.
If you would like to see my script(s) tell me. I'll help you out