Microsoft Azure Hit by 15.72 Tbps DDoS Attack from Aisuru Botnet
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Summary
Microsoft reported that its Azure network was targeted by a massive 15.72 Tbps DDoS attack from the Aisuru botnet, using over 500,000 IP addresses. The attack employed high-rate UDP floods targeting a specific public IP address in Australia, reaching nearly 3.64 billion packets per second. Aisuru is described as a Turbo Mirai-class IoT botnet that exploits compromised home routers and cameras, primarily in residential ISPs in the United States and other countries.
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· 3 pulledMicrosoft said today that the Aisuru botnet hit its Azure network with a 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps) DDoS attack, launched from over 500,000 IP addresses.
The attack used extremely high-rate UDP floods that targeted a specific public IP address in Australia, reaching nearly 3.64 billion packets per second (bpps).
"The attack originated from Aisuru botnet. Aisuru is a Turbo Mirai-class IoT botnet that frequently causes record-breaking DDoS attacks by exploiting compromised home routers and cameras, mainly in residential ISPs in the United States and other countries," said Azur
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