Hacktivist floods around elections: a field guide
Over the last few months we have spent a lot of time on hacktivist floods around elections: a field guide. This is what we learned.What we got wrongOur first version challenged too…
Over the last few months we have spent a lot of time on hacktivist floods around elections: a field guide. This is what we learned.What we got wrongOur first version challenged too…
HTTP GET flood against a crypto exchange platform in the Nordics, peaking at 256.8 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.660 seconds.
TLS handshake exhaustion against a gaming community platform in Latin America, peaking at 766.4 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.844 seconds.
Slowloris against a developer platform platform in Iberia, peaking at 898.0 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.219 seconds.
SYN flood against a crypto exchange platform in North America, peaking at 84.3 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.460 seconds.
ACK flood against a gaming community platform in the Middle East, peaking at 258.2 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.670 seconds.
carpet-bombing UDP flood against a ticketing platform in the Nordics, peaking at 256.1 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.133 seconds.
search endpoint flood against a electronics retail platform in Southeast Asia, peaking at 120.3 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.804 seconds.
We get asked about attack seasonality: sports finals, sales and tax deadlines more than almost anything else, so here is the long answer.What we got wrongOur first version challenged too eagerly on…
HTTP/2 rapid reset against a airline booking platform in Iberia, peaking at 238.5 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.572 seconds.
HTTP GET flood against a electronics retail platform in Iberia, peaking at 798.1 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.006 seconds.
Slowloris against a education platform platform in North America, peaking at 911.8 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.811 seconds.