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The Aisuru botnet, which previously launched record-breaking DDoS attacks reaching 30 terabits per second, has pivoted to renting out its 700,000+ compromised IoT devices as residential proxies. This shift reflects a broader explosion in the residential proxy market, with some providers growing their networks by 10-200x in six months. These proxies are increasingly used to enable aggressive AI content scraping that bypasses security measures by appearing as legitimate residential traffic. The proxy ecosystem involves complex reseller networks, with many services sourcing bandwidth through SDKs bundled in apps, botnets, and bandwidth-sharing programs, creating infrastructure that obscures both cybercrime and data harvesting operations.

Aisuru Botnet Shifts from DDoS to Residential Proxies – Krebs on Security