Security News > 2020 > August > DDoS attacks in April, May and June 2020 double compared to Q2 2019
Findings from Link11's H1 2020 DDoS Report reveal a resurgence in DDoS attacks during the global COVID-19 related lockdowns.
The new method of attack was used hundreds of times for DDoS attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter of 2020.
Average attack bandwidth remains high: The attack volume of DDoS attacks has stabilized at a high level, at an average of 4.1 Gbps. In the majority of attacks 80% were up to 5 Gbps. The largest DDoS attack was stopped at 406 Gbps. In almost 500 attacks, the attack volume was over 50 Gbps. This is well over the available connection bandwidth of most companies.
DDoS attacks from the cloud: At 47%, the percentage of DDoS attacks from the cloud was higher than the full year 2019.
The data showed that the frequency of DDoS attacks depends on the day of the week and time of the day, with most attacks concentrated around weekends and evenings.
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