Kaspersky Lab’s latest report reveals that 74 (up from 69 in Q4 of 2015) countries were targeted in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in Q1. The number of DDoS attacks increased by a factor of three compared to the previous quarter, with Russia being hit most frequently. The longest DDoS attack lasted for just over eight days, considerably less than the longest attack during the previous quarter, which was conducted over almost 14 days. Multiple attacks on the same target increased. In terms of types of attack, SYN DDoS, TCP DDoS and HTTP DDoS remained the most common, while UDP attack numbers fell. Command servers changed little, but the number of these in France and the United Kingdom rose in Q1.
Kaspersky Lab’s latest report reveals that 74 (up from 69 in Q4 of 2015) countries were targeted in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in Q1. More than 90% of attacks took place in just 10 countries, with China, the US and South Korea topping the list both in terms of DDoS and number targets. The longest DDoS attack lasted for just over eight days, considerably less than the longest attack during the previous quarter, which was conducted over almost 14 days. Multiple attacks on the same target increased. In terms of types of attack, SYN DDoS, TCP DDoS and HTTP DDoS remained the most common, while UDP attack numbers fell. Command servers changed little, but the number of these in France and the United Kingdom rose in Q1.