Australia
Keeping up with the ever-changing Australian DDoS threat landscape is a daunting task, but NETSCOUT has the tools and expertise to do so. We conduct continuous monitoring and analysis of global threat data and drill down into regional and country-level statistics to identify trends in near real-time. This allows us to provide our clients with the most up-to-date protection against DDoS attacks. The country-level analytics presented on our page include top vectors used in DDoS attacks, top targeted industries, and various benchmarks for the specified period of time to include: largest attack by bandwidth and throughput, most vectors used in an attack, and total attack frequency.
Max Multivector Attack
Max number of vectors seen in a single attack
22
Attack Vectors Used
1. Chargen Amplification
2. CLDAP Amplification
3. COAP Amplification
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. STUN Amplification
17. TCP ACK
18. TCP RST
19. TCP SYN
20. TCP SYN/ACK Amplification
21. UDP
22. VSE Amplification
Top Attack Vectors
Ta
TCP ACK
Number of Attacks
46,112
Tk
TCP SYN/ACK Amp
Number of Attacks
24,901
Ts
TCP SYN
Number of Attacks
21,696
Dn
DNS Amp
Number of Attacks
21,118
Im
ICMP
Number of Attacks
20,844
Top Nine 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
|
73,442 | 720.45 Gbps | 142.4 Mpps | 83 Minutes |
| 2 |
 Data Processing Hosting and Related Services
|
458 | 10.76 Gbps | 6.17 Mpps | 175 Minutes |
| 3 |
 Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
|
159 | 9.64 Gbps | 2.15 Mpps | 10 Minutes |
| 4 |
 Electronic Computer Manufacturing
|
113 | 9.93 Gbps | 9.64 Mpps | 7 Minutes |
| 5 |
 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses
|
85 | 39.6 Gbps | 24.1 Mpps | 21 Minutes |
| 6 |
 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
|
69 | 10.62 Gbps | 4.31 Mpps | 11 Minutes |
| 7 |
 Process Physical Distribution and Logistics Consulting Services
|
31 | 1.89 Gbps | 0.79 Mpps | 10 Minutes |
| 8 |
 Software Publishers
|
19 | 5.17 Gbps | 0.55 Mpps | 8 Minutes |
| 9 |
 Computer Storage Device Manufacturing
|
12 | 2.57 Gbps | 0.69 Mpps | 8 Minutes |