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Microsoft: Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500,000 IP addresses
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- Azure mitigated a multi-vector DDoS attack peaking at 15.72 Tbps and 3.64 billion packets per second, the largest cloud DDoS on record.
- The attack originated from the Aisuru botnet, a Turbo Mirai-class IoT network leveraging 500,000+ IPs.
- Aisuru’s traffic used UDP floods with random ports and limited spoofing, aiding attribution.
- Cloudflare linked the Aisuru botnet to a 22.2 Tbps attack mitigated in September 2025, showing escalating scale.
- Researchers warn the botnet targets consumer IoT devices and uses residential proxies for reflection.
- Security Affairs notes Aisuru's role in DDoS-for-hire and expansion into AI-driven web scraping and fraud.
- Microsoft emphasizes Azure protection kept customer workloads online during the attack.
- Analysts note the incident demonstrates attackers scale with faster networks and more capable IoT devices.
- Netscout and Cloudflare reports contextualize Aisuru’s activity within broader DDoS trends.
- Experts warn cloud providers must strengthen defenses for internet-facing applications amid rising DDoS scales.
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