Can my Azure Cloud costs skyrocket due to DOS attack

Question

I plan on developing an app for myself on Azure. I plan on using an Web server and a SQL Server. I'll likely just the cheapest versions.

Can my bill skyrocket overnight due to a DOS attack, or some hacking attempts?

Any advice on this top would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

It depends but theoretically yes. If you are using auto scaling then it will scale on demand.

But you have few option to protectect from it

1. Front door
2. DDoS protection
3. Configure maximum auto scaling options.

Mostly it depends on which services you are using and how you scale