Key Country Level DDoS Attack Statistics From Jan 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022 / ISSUE 9: FINDINGS FROM 1ST HALF 2022
Russian Federation
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
24
Attack Vectors Used
1. chargen Amplification
2. CLDAP Amplification
3. COAP Amplification
4. DHCP Discovery Amplification
5. DNS
6. DNS Amplification
7. ICMP
8. L2TP Amplification
9. mDNS Amplification
10. memcached Amplification
11. MS SQL RS Amplification
12. NetBIOS Amplification
13. NTP Amplification
14. RDP Amplification
15. RIPv1 Amplification
16. rpcbind Amplification
17. SNMP Amplification
18. SSDP Amplification
19. TCP ACK
20. TCP NULL
21. TCP RST
22. TCP SYN
23. TCP SYN/ACK Amplification
24. UDP
Top Attack Vectors
Ts
TCP SYN
Number of Attacks
59,788
Ds
DNS
Number of Attacks
35,179
Ta
TCP ACK
Number of Attacks
28,697
Tk
TCP SYN/ACK Amp
Number of Attacks
18,478
Tr
TCP RST
Number of Attacks
17,837
Top Ten 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
|
105,143 | 41.71 Gbps | 19.43 Mpps | 126 Minutes |
| 2 |
 Wired Telecommunications Carriers
|
3,420 | 187.85 Gbps | 43.39 Mpps | 248 Minutes |
| 3 |
 Data Processing Hosting and Related Services
|
2,156 | 79.46 Gbps | 66.52 Mpps | 23 Minutes |
| 4 |
 All Other Professional Scientific and Technical Services
|
444 | 46.54 Gbps | 12.96 Mpps | 90 Minutes |
| 5 |
 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
|
352 | 102.58 Gbps | 9.48 Mpps | 102 Minutes |
| 6 |
 Electronic Computer Manufacturing
|
134 | 151.65 Gbps | 15.57 Mpps | 10 Minutes |
| 7 |
 Computer and Office Machine Repair and Maintenance
|
85 | 17.57 Gbps | 3.27 Mpps | 27 Minutes |
| 8 |
 Software Publishers
|
73 | 4.82 Gbps | 0.43 Mpps | 53 Minutes |
| 9 |
 Full-Service Restaurants
|
30 | 0.01 Gbps | 0.04 Mpps | 15 Minutes |
| 10 |
 Television Broadcasting
|
16 | 2.56 Gbps | 0.84 Mpps | 12 Minutes |