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KrebsOnSecurity Hit With Near-Record 6.3 Tbps DDoS
- KrebsOnSecurity endured a 6.3 Tbps DDoS attack, signaling a potential test for a new IoT botnet designed to cause massive disruptions.
- The attack surpassed the 2016 Mirai IoT botnet assault on KrebsOnSecurity, lasting less than a minute and overwhelming network links.
- Google's Project Shield faced the attack, with Google Security Engineer Damian Menscher dubbing it the largest Google has handled.
- The Aisuru botnet, identified by Cloudflare and Google as the attacker, leveraged hacked IoT devices to launch the assault.
- Aisuru, potentially run by 'Forky,' was previously rented out on Telegram for DDoS attacks offering up to 2 terabits per second.
- Forky, a 21-year-old individual from Brazil, now operates Botshield, a business linked to mitigating large DDoS attacks.
- The Aisuru botnet resurfaced with software exploits, such as a zero-day vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers.
- Menscher suggested that making Aisuru's source code public could mitigate the botnet's threat by fragmenting its control.
- The Aisuru botnet mirrors the impact of Mirai, a powerful IoT malware strain that dominated IoT threats in 2016.
- The operators behind Mirai leaked its source code, leading to its widespread use and eventual unmasking, arrest, and probation of the authors.
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