Key Country Level DDoS Attack Statistics From Jan 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022 / ISSUE 9: FINDINGS FROM 1ST HALF 2022

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Taiwan, Province of China

Despite a slight decrease in DDoS attack frequency toward the end of 2021, adversaries unfortunately ramped up their nefarious activities in 1H 2022. Not content to simply rest on their laurels, attackers increasingly used powerful DDoS-capable botnets to launch TCP-based direct path attacks and often tied them to sociopolitical and entertainment events – think war, politics, religion, and sports.

The end result is that adversaries are constantly innovating, trying new attack methods, vectors, and motivations. EMEA experienced a 7 percent increase in DDoS attacks, with many of those tied to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The APAC region experienced about 8,600 DDoS attacks per day – or a new attack launched every 10 seconds. The LATAM region experienced an increase of 125 percent in botnet-based TCP floods. And North America experienced 1.04 million DDoS attacks in the six-month period, with adversaries increasingly targeting cloud-related service providers and even primary schools.

Max Multivector Attack

Max number of vectors seen in a single attack

19

Attack Vectors Used

1. chargen Amplification
2. CLDAP Amplification
3. DNS Amplification
4. ICMP
5. mDNS Amplification
6. memcached Amplification
7. MS SQL RS Amplification
8. NetBIOS Amplification
9. NTP Amplification
10. Quake Amplification
11. RIPv1 Amplification
12. rpcbind Amplification
13. SNMP Amplification
14. SSDP Amplification
15. TCP ACK
16. TCP RST
17. TCP SYN
18. TCP SYN/ACK Amplification
19. UDP

Top Attack Vectors

Ta

TCP ACK

Number of Attacks

27,919

Tr

TCP RST

Number of Attacks

27,080

Tk

TCP SYN/ACK Amp

Number of Attacks

18,826

Ts

TCP SYN

Number of Attacks

17,542

Dn

DNS Amp

Number of Attacks

12,260

Top Eight Vertical Industries Under Attack

The following industry chart shows the most targeted sectors in 1H 2022 by number of attacks.

Rank Vertical Frequency Max Attack Max Impact Average Duration
1
All Other Telecommunications
38,464 38.73 Gbps 10.36 Mpps 93 Minutes
2
Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
3,333 111.56 Gbps 42.79 Mpps 13 Minutes
3
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
897 196.18 Gbps 25.46 Mpps 41 Minutes
4
Computer Training
89 5.45 Gbps 1.75 Mpps 5 Minutes
5
Electronic Computer Manufacturing
34 0.68 Gbps 1.57 Mpps 237 Minutes
6
Data Processing Hosting and Related Services
23 1.37 Gbps 0.28 Mpps 364 Minutes
7
Tire Dealers
4 0.06 Gbps 0.08 Mpps 39 Minutes
8
Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing
1 0.43 Gbps 0.12 Mpps 62 Minutes