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DDoS Trend Report 2025

Discover the latest DDoS attack trends from Nexusguard’s 2025 Report, including explosive growth in attack sizes, the rise of HTTPS and DNS-layer attacks, and strategies for effective defense. Stay ahead of evolving cyber threats with actionable insights based on global threat intelligence.
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DDoS Threat Report 2018 Q4

More than 90 percent of DDoS attacks rated smaller than one Gbps in size. “Bit-and-piece” attacks continued from last quarter into Q4, employed in many campaigns regardless of the vector utilized.
2018
2018
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DDoS Threat Report 2018 Q3

The quarterly report, which measures thousands of DDoS attacks around the world, showed Communications Service Providers (CSPs) were targeted by 65.5 percent of DDoS attacks in Q3, given their extensive networks enabling access to tenants’ assets.
2018
2018
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DDoS Threat Report 2018 Q2

In the quarter we saw an increase in both the average and maximum size of attacks over Q4 2017, and our insecure cyberworld became a target-rich battlefield: The 2018 FIFA World Cup came under attack, while cryptocurrency-related businesses continued to be targeted.
2018
2018
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DDoS Threat Report 2018 Q1

Two waves of amplification attacks have come to the forefront recently: The first wave consisted of DNSSEC Amplification attacks observed in our Q4 2017 Threat Report, while the second one appeared this quarter in the form of Memcached attacks.
2018
2018
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DDoS Threat Report 2017 Q4

The quarterly report, which measured thousands of attacks from around the world, attributes the skyrocketing attacks to servers enabled with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC), a significant new risk if not properly configured.
2017
2017
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DDoS Threat Report 2017 Q3

A significant rise in network time protocol (NTP) amplification attacks – 10 times more than the same period in last year.
2017
2017
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DDoS Threat Report 2017 Q2

UDP-based (user datagram protocol) attacks increased by 15 percent this quarter, targeting hijacked devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT).
2017
2017
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DDoS Threat Report 2017 Q1

During Q1 2017, application-layer attacks like HTTP GET/POST Flood predominated, overtaking volumetric-based attacks.
2017
2017
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DDoS Threat Report 2016 Q4

2016 was a challenging year. Attack traffic reaching 1Tbps was often heralded in catchy headlines
2016
2016
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DDoS Threat Report 2016 Q3

In Q3 2016, reflection-based DDoS attacks decreased, while botnets picked up more headlines
2016
2016
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DDoS Threat Report 2016 Q2

In Q2 2016, DNS attacks continue to be the new preferred attack vector as Russia becomes the top targeted country
2016
2016
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DDoS Threat Report 2016 Q1

In Q1 2016 new reflection services have been discovered, companies have increasingly become targets, and unexpectedly, the Number One target for DDoS attacks was DDoS researchers themselves
2016
2016
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