Q4 2014 Web Security Report | Analysis and Emerging Trends | Summary

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compared to Q3 2014

• 90 increase in total DDoS attacks
• 54 decrease in average attack bandwidth
• 121 increase in infrastructure layer attacks
• 16 decrease in application (Layer 7) attacks
• 31 increase in average attack duration
• 38 increase in multi-vector attacks
• Download the Q4 2014 Global DDoS Attack Report
  for supporting data and analysis

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multi-vector campaigns compared to Q4 2013
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peak bandwidth compared to Q4 2013
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distribution of DDoS attack vectors
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comparison of attack vectors since Q4 2013

• In late November 2014, a new attack vector,
  XMAS-DDoS with
• Christmas tree packets, was observed for the
  first time.
• / This vector is featured in the Attack
  Spotlight of the Q4 2014 Security Report.
• Compared to Q3, SSDP accounted for a
  significant 214 percent
• increase in number of attacks
• / SSDP was a newly observed attack in Q3
• / In Q4 2014, Akamai mitigated a 106 Gpbs
  SSDP-only DDoS attack
• NTP reflection increased by 181 percent
  compared to Q3, an indicator of
• the larger number of DDoS attacks overall in Q4
  
• / DDoS-for-hire sites, a market with growing
  momentum, were a source for NTP
• reflection attacks this quarter

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targeted industries
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total attacks per week Q4 2014 vs Q4 2013
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Q4 2014 global attack report

• Download the Q4 2014 State of the Internet
  Security Report
• The Q4 2014 report covers / Analysis of
  DDoS attack trends / Breakdown of average
  Gbps/Mbps statistics / Year-over-year and
  quarter-by-quarter analysis / Types and
  frequency of application-layer attacks / Types
  and frequency of infrastructure attacks /
  Trends in attack frequency, size and sources /
  Where and when DDoSers launch attacks / Case
  study and analysis

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