The company said that the 5.6 Tbps attack is indicative of the steady increase in the size of these attacks.

A joint takedown operation last year sought to disrupt Flax Typhoon’s compromise of hundreds of thousands of devices.

The vulnerability, found in versions of Four-Faith routers, appears to have been exploited in the wild and has been connected to attempted infections of Mirai.

Flax Typhoon targeted critical infrastructure in the U.S. and abroad, and Black Lotus Labs researchers observed a “large scanning effort” targeting U.S. military and government.

The U.S. Cyber Trust Mark aims to provide consumers with a better understanding of the security of their Internet of Things devices.

Smart devices have become a popular target for hackers due to lax industry security standards, something that the Biden program is hoping to turn around.

Executives from consumer electronic companies along with advocates and academics joined officials from the White House and FCC the meeting.

The Biden administration hopes the voluntary effort helps inform consumers and compels manufacturers to improve internet of things security.

The analysis shows that what was thought of as a straightforward DDoS tool was so much more.