From SiliconANGLE · Duncan Riley · · 1m 10s
Cloudflare reports DDoS attacks dropped 69% for largest attacks
Cloudflare's largest DDoS attacks fell 69% as total attacks rose 208% in Q3.
In brief
Cloudflare's largest DDoS attacks fell 69% as total attacks rose 208% in Q3. Cloudflare found largest DDoS attacks dropped 69% while total attacks increased 208% in Q3. Originally reported by SiliconANGLE.
Cloudflare threat report
Cloudflare's Cloudforce One unit found largest DDoS attacks fell 69% in Q3 while total attacks rose 208% from a year earlier.
Law enforcement impact
Law enforcement action against four major IoT botnets reduced largest DDoS attacks by 69% in Q3.
Botnet disruptions
The Justice Department disrupted Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid and Mossad in March with Canada and Germany also targeting their operators.
Mirai traffic surge
August saw 57.23 petabytes of Mirai-classified traffic during a 49.7-hour attack starting Aug 19.
Small attacks dominate
96% of attacks ended within 10 minutes with 98% staying under 1 gigabit per second.
Protocol shifts
CLDAP attacks dropped 99.5% while DNS floods rose 215% to 3.4% of network-layer attacks.
Geographic shifts
Indonesia rose to third with 2.93% of attacks while Canada and Israel saw sharp climbs.
The bottom line
Cloudflare found largest DDoS attacks dropped 69% while total attacks increased 208% in Q3.
