I run a simple Proxy/General-Use website me and a few friends use at kerenua.xyz, however, starting 3~ weeks ago, an enormous amount of traffic started flooding in from hundreds of (unique) IP addresses.
At peak 'usage' this traffic amounted to 200 Mbps! Upon analyzing the apache2 access.log it can be seen these requests are done through a web-application hosted on the site called 'miniProxy' to sub-domains of 'akamaihd.net' (a CDN).
Each and every request is for some kind of .m3u8/.ts file - 'prog.m3u8' 'master_600.m3u8' 'master_1200_175739.ts'
Additionally, despite these files having small sizes, each HTTP connection downloads 2-5Mbps for a sustained amount of time. I don't know how this is possible.
TCPTrack Short Clip: https://files.catbox.moe/b220cv.mp4
Log Snippet:
148.251.126.118 - - [09/Aug/2019:23:57:30 -0400] "GET /zine/mini/miniProxy.php/http://tvetcnphiladelph-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/219798/TCNPhiladelphiax/2596k/prog.m3u8 HTTP/1.1" 403 3986 "-" "Xtream-Codes IPTV Panel Pro" 58.182.65.81 - - [09/Aug/2019:23:57:30 -0400] "GET /zine/mini/miniProxy.php/http://starvijay-i.akamaihd.net/hls/live/569909/starvijay/master_2000.m3u8 HTTP/1.1" 403 914 "-" "ZalTV 1.1.5 (16)" 103.23.34.11 - - [09/Aug/2019:23:57:30 -0400] "GET /zine/mini/miniProxy.php/http://tvegolf-i.Akamaihd.net/hls/live/218225/golfx/4296k/prog.m3u8 HTTP/1.1" 403 914 "-" "ZalTV 1.1.5 (16)" [UNUSUAL!] 195.181.173.46 - - [10/Aug/2019:00:14:41 -0400] "GET /zine/mini/miniProxy.php/http://live.savitar.tv/Nickelodeon/myStream/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8xMC8yMDE5IDQ6MTM6NTUgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1DcG0zeEJPaGtTMnZRN1JIcmc4SHNBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTM2MCZpZD0w HTTP/1.1" 403 3772 "-" "Flussonic 19.06.1"
.m3u8 / .ts files:
[Most Common] prog.m3u8 : https://files.catbox.moe/2xzqv2.m3u8 [golf??] segment_156540690.ts : https://files.catbox.moe/qboiod.ts master_600.m3u8 : https://files.catbox.moe/z80aa9.m3u8 playlist.m3u8 : https://files.catbox.moe/3rz6dx.m3u8
How are they doing this, why are they doing this?
I'm hoping someone can help me, as I truly lack understanding and control of the situation.
EDIT: I am still unsure as to the true nature of this abuse, how it works/why beyond that it involves IPTV. I will be taking preventive measures against it (file extension blacklist?).