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According to Microsoft, Azure will stop the biggest DDoS attack According to Microsoft, Azure will stop the biggest DDoS attack February 16, 2022by Martin 6 Microsoft stopped more than 350,000 DDoS attacks in the second half of 2021 alone. You need to know Microsoft's Azure DDoS Protection team saw an "unprecedented level" of attacks in the second half of 2021. At one point in 2021, Microsoft intercepted an average of 1,955 DDoS attacks per day. Microsoft dropped a 3.47 Tbit/s attack in November, the largest attack of its kind in history. Microsoft has seen "unprecedented levels" of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the second half of 2021.
The company explains in a report. An Azure blog post notes C Level Executive List that both the sophistication and frequency of DDoS attacks have reached new heights during this time. In the second half of the year, Microsoft reduced an average of 1,955 attacks per day. In the last six months of 2021, 359,713 unique attacks were stopped by Microsoft. DDoS attacks basically spam a website to prevent it from working properly. They are often used by players to damage other people's networks to ensure victory. Last year, DDOS attacks targeted Blizzard games, Titanfall, Final Fantasy 14 and a number of other popular titles. DDoS attacks can also be used for malicious purposes, such as shutting down a retail website during the holidays.
A DDoS ransomware attack uses the same techniques as a traditional DDoS attack, but the malicious actor demands payment in exchange for allowing the site to function again. Cloudflare has a video that explains and demonstrates how DDoS attacks work. The Microsoft Azure YouTube Channel has a video on how to protect against DDoS attacks, though it doesn't have the fancy animations that Cloudflare's video does. In November 2021, Microsoft reduced a DDoS attack by 3.47 Tbps. The company believes this is the largest DDoS attack in history. 10,000 sources from several countries participated in the attack, contributing to the attack that lasted about 15 minutes. Although it is not as large as the November attack, Microsoft reduced DDoS attacks by 3.
The company explains in a report. An Azure blog post notes C Level Executive List that both the sophistication and frequency of DDoS attacks have reached new heights during this time. In the second half of the year, Microsoft reduced an average of 1,955 attacks per day. In the last six months of 2021, 359,713 unique attacks were stopped by Microsoft. DDoS attacks basically spam a website to prevent it from working properly. They are often used by players to damage other people's networks to ensure victory. Last year, DDOS attacks targeted Blizzard games, Titanfall, Final Fantasy 14 and a number of other popular titles. DDoS attacks can also be used for malicious purposes, such as shutting down a retail website during the holidays.
A DDoS ransomware attack uses the same techniques as a traditional DDoS attack, but the malicious actor demands payment in exchange for allowing the site to function again. Cloudflare has a video that explains and demonstrates how DDoS attacks work. The Microsoft Azure YouTube Channel has a video on how to protect against DDoS attacks, though it doesn't have the fancy animations that Cloudflare's video does. In November 2021, Microsoft reduced a DDoS attack by 3.47 Tbps. The company believes this is the largest DDoS attack in history. 10,000 sources from several countries participated in the attack, contributing to the attack that lasted about 15 minutes. Although it is not as large as the November attack, Microsoft reduced DDoS attacks by 3.