Cereal2 ยท Observed attack

Nonblocking TCP connection and session-pool flood on Nebula Global LLC in Hong Kong

ยท Event #222861

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What this method does

Cereal2 vector 9: Nonblocking TCP connection and session-pool flood.

All Nonblocking TCP connection and session-pool flood observations
Observed
2026-09-12T17:59:44.501Z
Recorded

Recorded 118ms after observation

Affected network
154.38.99.113/32
Network operator
Nebula Global LLCAS18186
Method
Nonblocking TCP connection and session-pool floodVector 9
Protocol
tcp
Destination port
9528
Commanded duration
1m
Observed via
185.173.37.80

All controllers with retained sightings of this order. Older records may have incomplete source coverage.

Geolocation data
ipinfo-lite ยท 2026-07

Snapshot taken at ingestion; it is never re-resolved later.

botnet.cl reports infrastructure it observed. An address appearing here identifies a target or a relay, not a person responsible for the attack.