DDoS Attacks Rose 40% in Q4, Akamai Says
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continued to rise in Q4 and are increasingly repeating strikes on the same targets, Akamai said Monday in a report. The number of DDoS attacks rose by 40 percent in Q4 from Q3. The…
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average number of repeat attacks continued to increase in Q4 to 24 per target. One surveyed customer was hit with 188 repeat DDoS attacks during the quarter, Akamai said. More than 54 percent of DDoS attacks were aimed at targets in the gaming industry, while 23 percent were aimed at tech firms, Akamai said. Less than 7 percent of Q4 attacks were aimed at financial services, and less than 5 percent were aimed at entertainment companies. China was the top country where DDoS attacks originated in Q4, with 28 percent of all such attacks being sourced there, Akamai said. Twenty-two percent of attacks originated in Turkey, and 15 percent came from within the U.S.