For some time now, I have been seeing more and more abusive traffic coming from Google Cloud. With Microsoft's Azure, this is normal. Unfortunately, so is their inability to handle abuse reports properly and take action against abusers.

It seems that Google Cloud is now increasingly falling into the hands of abusers, with a large number of attacks coming from the IP range 34.174.x.x in particular.

The attacks are mostly characterised by flash attacks: a very high number of requests that only last for a short time but push the systems to their limits. In most cases, only scripts/programmes designed to check for malware are released.

The only defence seems to be to block the IPs or the entire range. Like Microsoft, Google is unable to take any action. Hence the desperate cries for help in the Google Support Forum, to which no one responds.

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)For some time now, I have been seeing more and more abusive traffic coming from Google Cloud. With Microsoft's Azure, this is normal. Unfortunately, so is their inability to handle abuse reports properly and take action against abusers.

It seems that Google Cloud is now increasingly falling into the hands of abusers, with a large number of attacks coming from the IP range 34.174.x.x in particular.

The attacks are mostly characterised by flash attacks: a very high number of requests that only last for a short time but push the systems to their limits. In most cases, only scripts/programmes designed to check for malware are released.

The only defence seems to be to block the IPs or the entire range. Like Microsoft, Google is unable to take any action. Hence the desperate cries for help in the Google Support Forum , to which no one responds.