Latin America
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Mexico

Max Multivector Attack

Max number of vectors seen in a single attack

22

Attack Vectors Used

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

Top Attack Vectors

Dn

DNS Amp

Number of Attacks

7,928

Lt

L2TP Amp

Number of Attacks

4,794

Im

ICMP

Number of Attacks

3,161

Ta

TCP ACK

Number of Attacks

1,925

Mq

MSSQLRS Amp

Number of Attacks

1,173

Top Eight Vertical Industries Under Attack

The following industry chart shows the most targeted sectors in 2H 2022 by number of attacks.

Rank Vertical Frequency Max Attack Max Impact Average Duration
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
2,355 13.37 Gbps 5.87 Mpps 17 Minutes
2
Data Processing Hosting and Related Services
1,099 3 Gbps 0.73 Mpps 540 Minutes
3
research and development in biotechnology icon Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
455 73.85 Gbps 7.04 Mpps 309 Minutes
4
cell phone icon Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
304 109.63 Gbps 24.87 Mpps 12 Minutes
5
All Other Telecommunications
63 0.15 Gbps 0.24 Mpps 29 Minutes
6
Full-Service Restaurants
3 0 Gbps 0 Mpps 26 Minutes
7
Other Computer Related Services
2 0.05 Gbps 0.08 Mpps 7 Minutes
8
Software Publishers
1 0.15 Gbps 0.01 Mpps 5 Minutes