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CRUCIAL DDoS FINDINGS FOR Q2 2016
DDoS ATTACK STATS & TRENDS
Q2 2016 State of the Internet / Security
A
129%
37%DECREASE
COMPARED WITH Q2 2015
4,919ATTACKS
AKAMAI MITIGATED
OVERLOADOVERLOADOVERLOAD
HACKER ZOMBIECOMPUTER
VICTIMS
IN INFRASTRUCTURE LAYER ATTACKS(COMPARED TO Q2 2015)
49% MULTI-VECTOR
ATTACKS
49% REFLECTION ATTACKS
REPEAT DDOS ATTACKS ARE THE NORM.EACH TARGET WAS HIT AN AVERAGE OF
27 times in Q2 2016
59% OF REFLECTION DDoS ATTACKS
WERE NTP REFLECTORS44%
49%49%
373+
100Gbps
12 MEGAATTACKSGREATER THAN
100 Gbps
REFLECTORS
THE LARGEST MEGA ATTACK
PEAKED AT 363 GBPS
30Mpps
21 MEGAATTACKSGREATER THAN
30 Mpps
THE LARGEST MEGA ATTACK
PEAKED AT 363 MPPS
FAST FACTS
SOURCES AND TARGETS
IMPORTANT FINDINGS
INCREASE IN REFLECTION ATTACKS
COMPARED WITH Q1 2016
EMERGING THREAT
GAMING
BRAZIL 2.96%
US 17.38%
UK 2.38%
SPAIN 2.94%
ITALY 2.65%
VIETNAM 3.7%
TAIWAN 5.22%
VIETNAM 3.7%
CHINA56.09%
BUSINESS SERVICES .04%
SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY
INTERNET & TELECOM 4%
OTHERS 3%
MEDIA &ENTERTAINMENT
FINANCIAL SERVICES 5%EDUCATION 1%
BIGGEST INDUSTRIES
HITQ2 2016
57%
26%
4%
CHINA IS THE TOP SOURCE OF NON-SPOOFED ATTACKS AT 56% OF ATTACKS
Access the complete Q2 2016 State of the Internet / Security report atwww.akamai.com/StateOfTheInternet-security
Statistics based on attack campaigns mitigated by Akamai.
[state of the internet]
CANADA 3.77%
SINGAPORE 2.90%
151% INCREASE
NEARLY
800,000
ATTACKS AGAINST ONE CUSTOMER
REPEAT ATTACKS ON THE RISE
250%INCREASE
63 TRIVIAL FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (TFTP) ATTACKS
AMPLIFICATION FACTOR FIRST IDENTIFIED IN Q1 2016
1.3% of attacks35X
THE TOP SOURCES OF ATTACKS
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