"4.83 Million DDoS Attacks Took Place in The First Half of 2020, a 15% Increase"

Researchers at Netscout witnessed a radical change in DDoS attack methodology in the first half of 2020.   DDoS attack methodology shifted to shorter, faster, hard-hitting, complex multi-vector attacks.  The researchers discovered that 4.83 million DDoS attacks occurred in the first half of 2020, a 15 percent increase.  DDoS attack frequency jumped 25 percent during peak pandemic lockdown months (March through June).  Super-sized 15-plus vector attacks increased 2,851 percent since 2017, while the average attack duration dropped 51 percent from the same period last year.  

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