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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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

21

Attack Vectors Used

1. chargen Amplification
2. CLDAP Amplification
3. DNS
4. DNS Amplification
5. ICMP
6. L2TP Amplification
7. mDNS Amplification
8. memcached Amplification
9. MS SQL RS Amplification
10. NetBIOS Amplification
11. NTP Amplification
12. RIPv1 Amplification
13. rpcbind Amplification
14. SNMP Amplification
15. SSDP Amplification
16. TCP ACK
17. TCP RST
18. TCP SYN
19. TCP SYN/ACK Amplification
20. UDP
21. WS-DD Amplification

Top Attack Vectors

Ta

TCP ACK

Number of Attacks

12,978

Tr

TCP RST

Number of Attacks

10,737

Dn

DNS Amp

Number of Attacks

8,427

Tk

TCP SYN/ACK Amp

Number of Attacks

6,991

Im

ICMP

Number of Attacks

5,427

Top Nine 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
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
25,444 156.34 Gbps 58.41 Mpps 55 Minutes
2
cell phone icon Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
1,428 80.22 Gbps 15.73 Mpps 29 Minutes
3
Data Processing Hosting and Related Services
87 2.36 Gbps 0.29 Mpps 22 Minutes
4
Home Health Care Services
84 26.54 Gbps 7.11 Mpps 12 Minutes
5
Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing icon Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing
44 1.13 Gbps 0.14 Mpps 62 Minutes
6
Electronic Computer Manufacturing
34 1.79 Gbps 0.19 Mpps 23 Minutes
7
All Other Telecommunications
6 0.04 Gbps 0.13 Mpps 18 Minutes
8
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
2 0.66 Gbps 0.11 Mpps 12 Minutes
9
Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels
1 0.09 Gbps 0.01 Mpps 9 Minutes