Global DDoS Attack Trends: Q3 2013| Presentation PPT PDF

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Global DDoS Attack Report Q3 2013

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Prolexic Q3 2013 Global DDoS Attack Report
Highlights

• DDoS perpetrators changed tactics
• Amplified attack sizes
• Hid their identities
• Used smaller botnets
• Significant increase in reflection attacks
• Up 70 compared to previous quarter
• Up 265 compared to Q3 2012
• Download the Q3 2013 Global Attack Report for
  data and analysis.

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Prolexic Q3 2013 Global DDoS Attack Report
Highlights, continued

• Average attack duration decline considerably
• To 21.33 hours
• Less use of BroDoS
• Greater use of reflection attacks
• Record volume of DDoS attacks
• Small increase of 1.58 percent
• Q3 is normally a quiet month
• Increase shows heightened level of global DDoS
  activity
• Download the full report for more details.

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Types of DDoS attacks used in Q3 2013

• Application layer attacks 76.52 of attacks
• Infrastructure layer attacks 23.48 of attacks
• UDP attacks increased
• SYN attacks decreased

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Types of DDoS attacks used in Q3, continued
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DDoS attack frequency in Q3 2013

• Most active month July
• Most active week July 21

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Top source countries for DDoS attacks Q3 2013

• Main source of attacks China
• By far the most attacks
• 62 percent of all attack traffic
• Other major sources
• United States 9 percent
• Republic of Korea (South Korea) 7 percent
• Brazil 4.5 percent
• Russian Federation 4.5 percent

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Top 10 source countries for DDoS attacksQ3
2013, continued
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Special report DrDoS reflection services

• Also included in the Q3 2013 Global DDoS Attack
  report is a special report
• Development and resale of custom attack tools
  available as DDoS-as-a-Service
• The underground marketplace for DrDoS attack
  methods, tools and services
• Easy steps you can take to protect your servers
  from involvement in CHARGEN reflection attacks
• Download the Q3 2013 Global Attack Report to get
  this special report.

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Prolexic Q3 2013 Global Attack Report

• Download the Prolexic 2013 Q3 Global Attack
  Report for
• Average and trends in attack duration and
  bandwidth
• Total number and trends of attacks by type
• In-depth case studies
• Year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter
  comparisons
• A look forward at emerging DDoS trends
• About Prolexic
• Prolexic Technologies is the worlds largest and
  most trusted distributor of DDoS protection and
  mitigation services.
• Prolexic Security and Engineering Response Team
  (PLXsert) monitors the global malicious cyber
  threats and actively analyzes DDoS attacks using
  proprietary techniques and equipment.