Japan
NETSCOUT understands the importance of staying ahead of the curve in the ever-changing world of DDoS threats. We conduct ongoing monitoring by utilizing our global threat analysis and collection platform, ATLAS, which allows us to automate country-level analytics for Japan and many others and drill down into regional and country-level statistics to identify trends in near real-time. 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
18
Attack Vectors Used
1. apple-remote-management
2. ARMS Amplification
3. Chargen Amplification
4. DHCP Discovery Amplification
5. DNS
6. DNS Amplification
7. ICMP
8. Memcached Amplification
9. NTP Amplification
10. SNMP Amplification
11. SSDP Amplification
12. TCP ACK
13. TCP RST
14. TCP SYN
15. TCP SYN/ACK Amplification
16. UDP
17. WS-DD Amplification
18. ws-discovery
Top Attack Vectors
Ta
TCP ACK
Number of Attacks
27,721
Tr
TCP RST
Number of Attacks
19,277
Ts
TCP SYN
Number of Attacks
14,829
Tk
TCP SYN/ACK Amp
Number of Attacks
12,361
Dn
DNS Amp
Number of Attacks
10,821
Top Ten 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
|
18,029 | 5.3 Gbps | 3.2 Mpps | 51 Minutes |
| 2 |
 Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses
|
6,331 | 28.22 Gbps | 47.39 Mpps | 43 Minutes |
| 3 |
 Data Processing Hosting and Related Services
|
4,236 | 140.43 Gbps | 49.96 Mpps | 91 Minutes |
| 4 |
 Marketing Consulting Services
|
3,742 | 0.02 Gbps | 0.05 Mpps | 17 Minutes |
| 5 |
 All Other Support Services
|
686 | 0.28 Gbps | 0.53 Mpps | 72 Minutes |
| 6 |
 Electronic Computer Manufacturing
|
603 | 125.04 Gbps | 41.69 Mpps | 89 Minutes |
| 7 |
 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
|
138 | 9.7 Gbps | 2.64 Mpps | 10 Minutes |
| 8 |
 Electronics Stores
|
103 | 0.02 Gbps | 0 Mpps | 37 Minutes |
| 9 |
 Electronic Connector Manufacturing
|
52 | 3.77 Gbps | 0.93 Mpps | 30 Minutes |
| 10 |
 Computer Storage Device Manufacturing
|
50 | 0.7 Gbps | 0.07 Mpps | 15 Minutes |