Security News > 2023 > April > DDoS alert traffic reaches record-breaking level of 436 petabits in one day

With over one billion websites worldwide, HTTP/HTTPS application-layer attacks have increased by 487% since 2019, with the most significant surge in the second half of 2022, according to NETSCOUT. The dynamic nature of the DDoS threat landscape.

"DDoS attacks threaten organizations worldwide and challenge their ability to deliver critical services," said Richard Hummel, threat intelligence lead, NETSCOUT. "With multi-terabit-per-second attacks now commonplace, and bad actors' arsenals continuing to grow in sophistication and complexity, organizations need a strategy that can quickly adapt to the dynamic nature of the DDoS threat landscape."

DDoS attacks reach record high in second half of 2022.

The peak sum of DDoS alert traffic in one day reached as high as 436 petabits and more than 75 trillion packets in the second half of 2022.

The U.S. national security sector experienced a massive 16,815% increase in attacks related to the pro-Russia Killnet group, including a spike in attacks after President Biden's public remarks at the G7 Summit and another spike the same day the French and U.S. presidents re-affirmed their support for Ukraine.

A barrage of DDoS attacks hammered EMEA's optical instrument and lens manufacturing sector, resulting in a 14,137% increase, mainly against one major distributor with over 6,000 attacks over four months.

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