Aisuru Botnet Leverages US IoT Devices for Record DDoS Attacks
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Summary
The Aisuru botnet, the world's largest and most disruptive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) network, is now primarily powered by compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on major U.S. Internet providers including AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon. This concentration of infected devices at U.S. providers is complicating efforts to mitigate collateral damage from the botnet's attacks, which recently set new records with a traffic flood reaching nearly 30 trillion bits per second. The botnet has been active for over a year and continues to grow in scale and impact.
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Experts say the heavy concentration of infected devices at U.S. providers is complicating efforts to limit collateral damage from the botnet's attacks
The botnet's attacks shattered previous records this week with a brief traffic flood that clocked in at nearly 30 trillion bits of data per second
Since its debut more than a year ago, the Aisuru botnet has steadily outgrown previous botnet capabilities
The world's largest and most disruptive botnet is now drawing a majority of its firepower from compromised Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices hosted on U.S. Internet providers like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, new evidence suggests. Experts say the heavy conc
