Mantis - the most powerful botnet to date

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This post details the analysis and mitigation of the 'Mantis' botnet, responsible for the largest HTTPS DDoS attacks observed. It highlights Mantis's evolution from the Meris botnet, its use of hijacked VMs and powerful servers, and its ability to launch 26 million requests per second attacks with an average of 5,200 HTTPS RPS per bot. The post also provides insights into the industries and geographic locations targeted by Mantis and reiterates Cloudflare's automated DDoS protection and WAF/CDN capabilities for mitigation.