"Malicious DDoS Attacks up by 150 Percent"
Globally, the number of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks increased by 150 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year, while the number of attacks in the Americas increased by 212 percent compared to 2021. The 2022 Global Threat Analysis Report published by Radware reveals that the frequency of DDoS attacks has increased significantly. In the fourth quarter of 2022, companies mitigated an average of 29.3 attacks per day, which is 3.5 times greater than the 8.4 attacks mitigated per day at the end of 2021. The overall volume of attacks recorded in 2022 was 4.44PB, an increase of 32 percent compared to 2021, with the Americas experiencing the most significant rise of 1100 percent. Although EMEA outpaced the Americas in terms of attack frequency, its total attack volume decreased by 44 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year. The largest attack recorded globally in 2022 was 1.46Tbps, which was 2.8 times larger than the biggest attack reported in 2021. The complexity of DDoS attacks has also increased. Typically, attackers choose diverse channels to amplify their impact and make attack prevention more difficult. In 2022, attacks above 1Gbps had an average of more than two different attack vectors, and attacks above 10Gbps were twice as complicated. Attacks above 100Gbps had, on average, over nine different attack vectors, with the most complex attacks involving 38 distinct vectors. This article continues to discuss key findings from Radware's 2022 Global Threat Analysis Report.