Akamai publish the Q3 2016 State of the Internet Security Report.
TL;DR:
DDoS Attacks in Q3 2016 vs Q3 2015:
71% increase in total DDoS attacks
77% increase in infrastructure layer (layer 3&4) attacks
138% increase in attacks > 100Gbps: 19 vs 8
DDoS attacks, Q3 2016 vs. Q2 2016:
8% decrease in total DDoS attacks
8% decrease in infrastructure layer (layers 3 & 4) attacks
58% increase in attacks > 100 Gbps: 19 vs. 12
Web application attacks, Q3 2016 vs. Q2 2016:
4% decrease in total web application attacks
6% increase in SQLi attacks
13% decrease in attacks sourcing from the U.S. (new top source country)
79% decrease in attacks sourcing from Brazil (previous top source country)
Web application attacks, Q3 2016 vs. Q3 2015:
18% decrease in total web application attacks
21% increase in SQLi attacks
67% decrease in attacks sourcing from the U.S.
Ref: Akamai
Date: November 18, 2016 at 03:32AM
Author: Akamai
