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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Romania

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

22

Attack Vectors Used

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

Top Attack Vectors

Ta

TCP ACK

Number of Attacks

44,462

Tr

TCP RST

Number of Attacks

34,833

Ts

TCP SYN

Number of Attacks

29,466

Tk

TCP SYN/ACK Amp

Number of Attacks

28,246

Im

ICMP

Number of Attacks

24,488

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
Engineering Services
8,988 96.44 Gbps 29.19 Mpps 60 Minutes
2
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
158 14.83 Gbps 2.99 Mpps 27 Minutes
3
Data Processing Hosting and Related Services
39 3.66 Gbps 0.98 Mpps 18 Minutes
4
Process Physical Distribution and Logistics Consulting Services
22 7.01 Gbps 1.82 Mpps 11 Minutes
5
cell phone icon Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
5 0.38 Gbps 0.14 Mpps 16 Minutes
6
Full-Service Restaurants
4 0.63 Gbps 0.73 Mpps 7 Minutes
7
All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services
3 0.06 Gbps 0.02 Mpps 8 Minutes
8
Sign Manufacturing
1 0.07 Gbps 0.15 Mpps 7 Minutes