Verisign Presents DDoS Trends Report of Q2 2018

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Observes a 35% increase in the number of attacks compared to Q1 2018
Verisign observed the following key trends in Q2 2018:
Number of attacks - 35% increase as compared to Q1 2018 (April 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018) Peak attack size - (Volume) 42 Gigabits per second (Gbps), (Speed) 4.7 Million packets per second (Mpps) Average peak attack size - 5.7 Gbps which is 111% increase compared to Q2 2017, but a 49% decrease in the average of attack peak sizes, 26% of attacks over 5 Gbps Most common attack mitigated - 56% of attacks were User Datagram Protocol (UDP) floods; 20% of attacks employed multiple attack types with 52% of attacks employed at least two different attack types DDoS Attacks Increase in Size and Number-

Multi-Vector DDoS Attacks Remain Constant
Types of DDoS Attacks

Largest Volumetric Attack and Highest Intensity Flood Attack
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