Key Findings
Key Finding 1
Threats
DDoS attack frequency surged in 1H 2024, with a significant increase in sophisticated application-layer attacks driven by hacktivist activities targeting global networks.
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Key Finding 2
Targets
Critical infrastructure sectors, including banking and public utilities, faced a 55% increase in multivector DDoS attacks over four years, threatening essential services.
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Key Finding 3
Defense
The emergence of advanced botnets like Zergeca and DDoSia, which use sophisticated C2 techniques, highlights the urgent need for enhanced detection and mitigation strategies to defend against increasingly complex DDoS threats.
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The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) landscape is everchanging. In the first half of 2024, large surges in attack frequency were noted, notably in geopolitical conflicts, driving never-before-seen stresses on networks worldwide and leading to more sophisticated attacks than ever before. DDoS-capable botnets are evolving and growing, with a notable increase in bot-infected devices. Critical infrastructure, such as banking, financial services, and public utilities, are prime targets, seeing a massive wave of attacks targeting them. The 13th issue of NETSCOUT’s global DDoS Threat Intelligence Report covers this and much more to help inform on the latest DDoS threats.
