- Jul 22, 2014
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What appears to be a new version of the Mirai malware was behind a massive DDoS attack that targeted an unnamed US college and lasted for 54 hours straight, reports cyber-security firm Incapsula, who was providing DDoS mitigation service for the affected college.
The attack started on February 28 and was a "Layer 7" attack, which focused on exhausting server resources, rather than clogging the college's bandwidth with junk traffic.
Incapsula says the attack, which lasted well over two days, blasted 30,000 RPS (requests per second) at their target, with a peak value of 37,000 RPS.
Overall, the attack remained at steady levels, without peaks and dips in activity, as the below chart shows. Incapsula also reports that one day after the first 54-hour-long DDoS ended, attackers tried again, but this time around the attack only averaged 15,000 RPS and they gave up only after 90 minutes.
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After analyzing the DDoS traffic logs, Incapsula says the attacker used mostly CCTV cameras, DVRs, and routers to launch his attack, which is consistent with the typical devices the Mirai malware is capable of infecting.
New Mirai bot version spotted
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The attack started on February 28 and was a "Layer 7" attack, which focused on exhausting server resources, rather than clogging the college's bandwidth with junk traffic.
Incapsula says the attack, which lasted well over two days, blasted 30,000 RPS (requests per second) at their target, with a peak value of 37,000 RPS.
Overall, the attack remained at steady levels, without peaks and dips in activity, as the below chart shows. Incapsula also reports that one day after the first 54-hour-long DDoS ended, attackers tried again, but this time around the attack only averaged 15,000 RPS and they gave up only after 90 minutes.
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After analyzing the DDoS traffic logs, Incapsula says the attacker used mostly CCTV cameras, DVRs, and routers to launch his attack, which is consistent with the typical devices the Mirai malware is capable of infecting.
New Mirai bot version spotted
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