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from the 14th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report
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5 Keyfindings
Today, attacks ten
times that size are
routinely mitigated
with little to no
disruption to
online services.
As political
instability increases
around the world,
expect DDoS to
continue to be used
as a form of protest.
2,000 Gbps
1,750 Gbps
1,500 Gbps
1,250 Gbps
1,000 Gbps
750 Gbps
500 Gbps
250 Gbps
0 Gbps
1.7 Tbps
40 Tbps
2018 PEAK ATTACK
2004 PEAK ATTACK
1
ATTACKS ON
GOVERNMENT
SERVICE PROVIDERS
HAVE ALREADY TAKEN
THE LEAD ON DDoS
DEFENSE OUT OF
NECESSITY. NOW THOSE
ATTACKS HAVE GROWN
EXPONENTIALLY.
IT WAS GOVERNMENT CUSTOMERS AT 60 PERCENT,
UP SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 37 PERCENT IN 2017.
IN 2018, 61 PERCENT OF SERVICE PROVIDERS SAID
THEY MONITORED OUTBOUND AND CROSS-BOUND
ATTACKS, UP FROM THE 52 PERCENT.
With the growing
importance of
cloud-based services
to enterprises and
consumers, attackers are
increasingly targeting
these services with
DDoS attacks.
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IMPORTANCE
OF CLOUD
For the first time
ever, a DDoS attack
topped 1 Tbps in size.
A few days later,
a 1.7 Tbps attack
was recorded.
3
THE
TERABYTE
ERA
The most common
DDoS motivations, once
again, are criminals
demonstrating their
capabilities and
online-gaming
related attacks.
CRIMINAL
MOTIVATIONS
4
Improved visibility
in this area is good
news, since this is
the first step in
managing the growing
threat of DDoS attacks.
A SIGN OF
IMPROVEMENT
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1 TBPS
1.7 TBPS
47%52%
criminals
demonstrating
capabilities
online
gaming
52%20
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25% Targeted
attacks in 2016
33% Targeted
attacks in 2017
47% Targeted
attacks in 2018