NetSensor has just hit another crucial mark, demonstrating once again the ability of its Threat Intelligence Network, HackNet, to anticipate large-scale cyber events. The largest DDoS attack ever recorded, peaking at 3.8 Tbps and 2.14 billion packets per second (Pps), was predicted by HackNet 15 days before it occurred, allowing organizations to take proactive defense measures.
About the attack: https://www.securityweek.com/record-breaking-ddos-attack-peaked-at-3-8-tbps-2-14-billion-pps/
The attack, which targeted critical sectors such as financial services, internet and telecommunications, was part of a month-long global campaign of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks. HackNet, with its advanced monitoring infrastructure, detected anomalous activity on tens of thousands of compromised IPs around the world, issuing an early warning to its customers containing important information about the origins of the attacks and the techniques used.
The Power Behind Proactive Protection
HackNet has a network spread across more than 20 countries, operating within major platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, as well as local providers. This global reach gives HackNet an unparalleled ability to analyze internet traffic and detect hacker movements. By collecting valuable data from different sources, HackNet transforms these insights into predictive intelligence, enabling companies to stay one step ahead of threats with powerful proactive protection.
In the weeks leading up to the largest DDoS attack in history, HackNet mapped tens of thousands of sources of malicious traffic, including compromised devices in multiple regions, including Brazil, Russia, Vietnam, and Spain. The attackers’ DNS amplification technique generated massive volumes of traffic in short periods of time, with the goal of overwhelming and bringing down networks.
Information contained in NetSensor’s alerts includes:
In recent days, an intense and aggressive hacker movement has been identified and is being monitored, testing a powerful "artillery" for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which has demonstrated great "firepower". There are tens of thousands of addresses generating denial of service traffic through the DNS amplification technique, one of the most effective for overloading structures.
These IPs are distributed among hundreds of companies spread across dozens of countries around the world, which indicates a large-scale coordinated effort.
This behavior suggests that a large distributed denial of service attack may be being carefully planned, with great potential to cause interruptions in online services.Companies protected by NetSensor received advance information about the origins of attacks and the techniques being used, which helped them implement robust defense solutions, mitigating damage and ensuring the continuity of their operations.
This ability to predict and anticipate cyberattacks places HackNet as a powerful layer of defense, effectively and proactively protecting companies against emerging threats.
NetSensor Customer Reports of Attacks
"We see attacks arriving and being blocked on the dashboard and in the logs. Our operation really isn't feeling anything!"Datacenter and cloud company
"The equipment is 'dropping packages hard'! The other providers in the region are all having difficulty maintaining operations, but we are not feeling anything!"Internet Provider
"The attack hit the structure, the applications felt it and started to fail, but the thousands of attack sources were quickly mapped and neutralized.
Now we only see on the dashboard the bursts arriving and being blocked at the edge, we no longer feel anything in the environment."Financial institution
With this new success, NetSensor reinforces its commitment to the security of its customers, offering cutting-edge technology and early prevention against large-scale cyber attacks.
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