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The DDoS threat landscape is constantly evolving, and to stay ahead of adversaries, ongoing monitoring and analysis are essential to detect how they are modifying their behavior and targets. NETSCOUT monitors the global threat landscape and drills into regional and country-level statistics to ensure that adversaries inform us of near-real-time trends. The country-level analytics featured on this page are automatically generated using our global threat analysis and collection platform, ATLAS, and provide a range of benchmarks for the specified time period, such as the top vectors used in DDoS attacks, top targeted industries, most vectors used in an attack, and total attack frequency.

Max Multivector Attack

Max number of vectors seen in a single attack

23

Attack Vectors Used

1. ARMS Amplification
2. CLDAP Amplification
3. COAP Amplification
4. DNS
5. DNS Amplification
6. ICMP
7. MS SQL RS Amplification
8. NTP Amplification
9. NetBIOS Amplification
10. RIPv1 Amplification
11. SNMP Amplification
12. SSDP Amplification
13. TCP ACK
14. TCP RST
15. TCP SYN
16. TCP SYN/ACK Amplification
17. UDP
18. WS-DD Amplification
19. chargen Amplification
20. mDNS Amplification
21. rpcbind Amplification

Top Attack Vectors

Ta

TCP ACK

Number of Attacks

27,680

Tr

TCP RST

Number of Attacks

11,589

Dn

DNS Amplification

Number of Attacks

9,268

Ts

TCP SYN

Number of Attacks

8,722

Tk

TCP SYN/ACK Amplification

Number of Attacks

8,035

Top Seven Industries Under Attack

The following table lists the top vertical industries under attack from July 2025 to December 2025 by number of attacks.

Rank Vertical Frequency Average Duration
1
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
33,926 295 Minutes
2
Employment Placement Agencies
21,278 105 Minutes
3
All Other Telecommunications
2,945 14 Minutes
4
Commercial Banking
2,927 24 Minutes
5
Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels
1,191 824 Minutes
6
Computing Infrastructure Providers Data Processing Web Hosting and Related Services
1,130 14 Minutes
7
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
381 12 Minutes