DDoS Drama: Attack Frenzy Surges 53% in 2024, Cloudflare Plays Whack-a-Mole
Cloudflare reported a surge in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks last year, blocking a whopping 21.3 million attacks in 2024. HTTP DDoS attacks have outpaced Layer 3/Layer 4 incidents, with known botnets leading the charge. Despite some attacks lasting only minutes, the internet industry and telecom companies were frequently targeted.
Hot Take:
Looks like DDoS attacks have become the new norm, outpacing even the most popular internet memes in terms of frequency! Who knew taking down a website could be as trendy as the latest TikTok dance challenge? The cybercriminals seem to be taking their New Year’s resolution to “go big or go home” quite seriously, turning 2024 into the year of the DDoS deluge. Keep your firewalls close and your IT guy closer, folks!
Key Points:
- DDoS attacks surged in 2024, with Cloudflare blocking an average of 4,870 every hour.
- HTTP DDoS attacks surpassed Layer 3/4 attacks in frequency, with 73% linked to botnets.
- The most massive attack blocked was a 5.6 Tbps UDP assault from an Eastern Asia ISP.
- SYN, DNS, and UDP floods were the most common network layer attack vectors.
- Indonesia was the leading source of attacks, while China bore the brunt as the most attacked country.