Not sure if it is related to the PokemonGO or not. This started around 23:00 EDT last night per my monitoring. Seems like a pretty big attack at 300Gbps and to also temporarily take a down a Tier 1 POP in a major city. I was interested as to if this might be a botnet or some type of reflection attack. Robert On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Alain Hebert <ahebert@pubnix.net> wrote:
Well,
Could it be related to the last 2 days DDoS of PokemonGO (which failed) and some other gaming sites (Blizzard and Steam)?
And on the subject of CloudFlare, I'm sorry for that CloudFlare person that defended their position earlier this week, but there may be more hints (unverified) against your statements:
https://twitter.com/xotehpoodle/status/756850023896322048
That could be explored.
On top of which there is hints (unverified) on which is the real bad actor behind that new DDoS service:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/pokemon-go-ddos-attacks-postponed-as-poodleco...
And I quote:
"One thing LeakedSource staff spotted was that the first payment recorded in the botnet's control panel was of $1, while payments for the same package plan were of $19.99."
( Paypal payments btw )
There is enough information, and damages, imho, to start looking for the people responsible from a legal standpoint. And hopefully the proper authorities are interested.
PS:
I will like to take this time to underline the lack of participation from a vast majority of ISPs into BCP38 and the like. We need to keep educating them at every occasion we have.
For those that actually implemented some sort of tech against it, you are a beacon of hope in what is a ridiculous situation that has been happening for more than 15 years.
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Anyone have any additonal info on a DDOS attack hitting host.us?
Woke up to no email this morning and the following from their web site:
*Following an extortion attempt, HostUS is currently experiencing sustained large-scale DDOS attacks against a number of locations. The attacks were measured in one location at 300Gbps. In another location the attacks temporarily knocked out the entire metropolitan POP for a Tier-1
On 08/03/16 09:41, Robert Webb wrote: provider.
Please be patient. We will return soon. Your understanding is appreciated. *
From my monitoring system, looks like my VPS went unavailable around 23:00 EDT last night.
Robert