The fourth quarter of 2024 recorded 138 DDoS incidents – an increase from 37 in 3Q and 32 in 2Q 2024. Key 4Q highlights and insights:
October emerged as the most active month, aligning with historical patterns of increased 4Q activity
4Q also happened to see the largest DDoS attack ever recorded, with Cloudflare mitigating a 5.6 (Terabits per second) Tbps Mirai-variant botnet attack on one of their customers on October 29.
While individual attack intensities have decreased significantly year-over-year, the dramatic increase in frequency and focus on specific targets suggests an evolution in threat actors’ strategies.
Organisations should prepare for:
Continued high-frequency, lower-intensity attacks
More targeted attack campaigns
Potential seasonal variations in attack patterns
The need for detection of lower-threshold attacks
Discover the full breakdown of these statistics and their implications for cybersecurity in our latest ‘Analysing Continent 8 Technologies’ DDoS attack data for 4Q 2024’ blog.
