What is Mēris Botnet? The story of the record-breaking DDoS botnet
How a botnet named after the Latvian word for “plague” set world records with 21.8 million requests per second and became the most feared DDoS-for-Hire service on the market.
DDoS attacks and services explained: L4 volumetric floods, L7 HTTP attacks, protection claims vs reality, and how to order a real attack from the Mēris team — free test included.
How a botnet named after the Latvian word for “plague” set world records with 21.8 million requests per second and became the most feared DDoS-for-Hire service on the market.
Barracuda patched two ESG flaws that chain into root. We break down why compromised mail gateways make ideal botnet nodes for udp and http flood attacks.
SonicWall won't patch two GMS flaws, including a 9.1 unauthenticated file read. Why EoL management boxes are a gift to every botnet and DDoS-for-hire fleet.
SlippyNunchucks hijacked Sogou Input Method DNS requests over plaintext HTTP to drop the DarkVigil backdoor. Our botnet team's take on this classic MITM vector.
Passive filtering, JS Challenge and the feared WASM Challenge — how Qrator defends the RU segment, and how we took 21.8M RPS through it anyway.
Google sinkholed the XCPE botnet's C2, but 1.3 million backdoored TV boxes remain infected, and their proxy revenue model makes them ideal DDoS assets.