United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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
22
Attack Vectors Used
1. CLDAP Amplification
2. DNS Amplification
3. ICMP
4. MS SQL RS Amplification
5. NTP Amplification
6. NetBIOS Amplification
7. RIPv1 Amplification
8. SNMP Amplification
9. SSDP Amplification
10. STUN Amplification
11. TCP ACK
12. TCP RST
13. TCP SYN
14. TCP SYN/ACK Amplification
15. UDP
16. VSE Amplification
17. chargen Amplification
18. mDNS Amplification
19. memcached Amplification
20. rpcbind Amplification
Top Attack Vectors
Dn
DNS Amplification
Number of Attacks
38,470
Ta
TCP ACK
Number of Attacks
28,856
Tr
TCP RST
Number of Attacks
25,855
Tk
TCP SYN/ACK Amplification
Number of Attacks
20,106
Ts
TCP SYN
Number of Attacks
19,040
Top Ten 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
|
33,969 | 39 Minutes |
| 2 |
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
|
24,949 | 71 Minutes |
| 3 |
All Other Telecommunications
|
16,766 | 47 Minutes |
| 4 |
Computing Infrastructure Providers Data Processing Web Hosting and Related Services
|
13,293 | 41 Minutes |
| 5 |
Television Broadcasting Stations
|
397 | 7 Minutes |
| 6 |
Colleges Universities and Professional Schools
|
344 | 38 Minutes |
| 7 |
Satellite Telecommunications
|
205 | 18 Minutes |
| 8 |
Hobby Toy and Game Retailers
|
172 | 265 Minutes |
| 9 |
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
|
144 | 9 Minutes |
| 10 |
Other Computer Related Services
|
116 | 6 Minutes |