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To keep up with the constantly changing DDoS threat landscape, it is necessary to monitor and analyze adversaries’ behavior and targeting patterns on an ongoing basis. This is precisely what NETSCOUT does, by utilizing our global threat analysis and collection platform, ATLAS, to automate country-level analytics. By doing so, we are able to identify near real-time trends and 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.

Max Multivector Attack

Max number of vectors seen in a single attack

17

Attack Vectors Used

1. ARMS Amplification
2. Chargen Amplification
3. CLDAP Amplification
4. DNS Amplification
5. ICMP
6. Memcached Amplification
7. MS SQL RS Amplification
8. NetBIOS Amplification
9. NMAP
10. NTP Amplification
11. rpcbind Amplification
12. SNMP Amplification
13. SSDP Amplification
14. STUN Amplification
15. TFTP Amplification
16. UDP
17. WS-DD Amplification

Top Attack Vectors

St

STUN Amp

Number of Attacks

23,764

Im

ICMP

Number of Attacks

12,438

Dn

DNS Amp

Number of Attacks

11,614

Lt

L2TP Amp

Number of Attacks

6,011

Lt

Bittorrent Amp

Number of Attacks

5,654

Top Five 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
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers
13 0.54 Gbps 0.05 Mpps 97 Minutes
2
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
12 4 Gbps 1.04 Mpps 8 Minutes
3
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
9 0.32 Gbps 0.22 Mpps 8 Minutes
4
All Other Telecommunications
5 0.07 Gbps 0.18 Mpps 9 Minutes
5
Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing
1 0.04 Gbps 0.01 Mpps 5 Minutes