Roman Lara, Principle Security Analyst at NETSCOUT, discusses the signatures of Carpet Bombing attacks as well as how bad-actors utilize the Carpet Bombing technique in attack scenarios. Because carpet bombing attacks can target multiple IPs, attackers use this as a way to bypass typical detection methods, as these types of attacks are generally quite large in bandwidth. When spread amongst multiple addresses however, these attacks can go undetected. Roman goes on to discuss what to look for in a DDoS mitigation system and how each component of the Cybersecurity stack should feed into this system. In summary, detection and response are crucial DDoS protection counter-measures that can thwart a carpet bombing attack.
