A massive DDoS attack reaching 1.5 billion packets per second targeted a European mitigation service provider, leveraging compromised IoT devices and MikroTik routers. The attack underscored the need for ISP-level intervention to prevent large-scale weaponization of consumer hardware. #MikroTik #IoTbotnets
Keypoints
- The DDoS attack peaked at 1.5 billion packets per second, making it one of the largest recorded floods.
- The malicious traffic mainly consisted of UDP floods from over 11,000 networks worldwide.
- FastNetMon successfully mitigated the attack by deploying filtering measures and ACLs on edge routers.
- The attack illustrates how everyday IoT devices and routers are exploited for large-scale DDoS campaigns.
- Experts emphasize the importance of proactive ISP-level filtering to stop such mass-scale threats.