Is it because the s in iot stands for security? I'm asking genuinely. Where are these requests coming from?
I would put it down to 4 things:
- the internet's a lot bigger nowadays
- there are a lot of crappily secured iot devices
- the average household internet connection has gotten a lot faster, especially on upload bandwidth.
- there's a pile of amplification techniques which can multiply the bandwidth of an attack by using poorly-configured services.
Search for “residential proxy”.
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I would put it down to 4 things:
- the internet's a lot bigger nowadays
- there are a lot of crappily secured iot devices
- the average household internet connection has gotten a lot faster, especially on upload bandwidth.
- there's a pile of amplification techniques which can multiply the bandwidth of an attack by using poorly-configured services.