Mysterious "LOVE" packet storms flood the internet since 2020
(bleepingcomputer.com)14 points by geocrasher 18 hours ago
14 points by geocrasher 18 hours ago
>The TCP traffic also adjusts parameters such as window sizes to emulate different operating systems, keeping the activity stealthy and difficult to pinpoint.
>The Time to Live (TTL) values, which dictate how long a packet stays on the network before it's discarded, are set between 120 and 200 to resemble realistic network hops.
Sounds like someone testing something nefarious.
They published 2 of the packet captures from Wireshark on Github
https://github.com/GreyNoise-Intelligence/2024-09-noise-stor...