Subj : Another massive DDoS attack that reached 1.5 Bpps has been thwart
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Date : Sat Sep 13 2025 16:15:11

Another massive DDoS attack that reached 1.5 Bpps has been thwarted

Date:
Sat, 13 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Description:
A DDoS mitigation vendor was hit by 1.5 billion packet per second flood 
traced to compromised IoT and MikroTik routers.

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on detected record 1.5 billion packet per second DDoS attack Traffic came 
from hijacked IoT devices and MikroTik routers across 11,000 networks 
FastNetMon warns ISP level filtering is essential to stop future large scale 
floods 

A distributed denial-of-service attack targeting a DDoS mitigation vendor 
somewhere in Western Europe has been spotted and mitigated by FastNetMon . 

The firm says the attack peaked at a massive 1.5 billion packets per second, 
making it one of the largest packet-rate floods confirmed to date. 

FastNetMon says that the traffic was mainly a UDP flood sourced from 
compromised customer-premises equipment, including IoT devices and MikroTik 
routers. (Image credit: FastNetMon) Part of a dangerous trend 

The attack reportedly drew on resources from more than 11,000 unique networks 
worldwide. 

The targeted company wasnt named, although FastNetMon described it as a DDoS 
scrubbing provider, a type of service that filters out malicious traffic 
during these type of attacks. 

This event is part of a dangerous trend, said Pavel Odintsov, founder of 
FastNetMon. When tens of thousands of CPE devices can be hijacked and used in 
coordinated packet floods of this magnitude, the risks for network operators 
grow exponentially. The industry must act to implement detection logic at the 
ISP level to stop outgoing attacks before they scale. 

The attack was detected and handled in real time, with FastNetMons systems 
automatically identifying the abnormal traffic within a matter of seconds. 

Mitigation efforts relied on the scrubbing technology at the customers 
facility and involved deploying access control lists on routers known to be 
vulnerable to amplification techniques. 

FastNetMon says its platform is designed to process events at this scale by 
using optimized C++ algorithms to provide visibility into network traffic. 

The quick action allowed the attacked company to withstand the onslaught 
without any visible disruption to its service. 

This announcement follows Cloudflares recent disclosure of a record-breaking 
volumetric attack that reached 11.5Tbps and 5.1 billion packets per second. 

Taken together, the two incidents underline a rise in both packet-rate and 
bandwidth-driven floods, a trend that is pressuring the capacity of 
mitigation platforms worldwide, FastNetMon said. 

"What makes this case remarkable is the sheer number of distributed sources 
and the abuse of everyday networking devices. Without proactive ISP-level 
filtering, compromised consumer hardware can be weaponized at a massive 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/another-massive-ddos-attack-that-reache
d-1-5-bpps-has-been-thwarted


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