As per a recent CloudFare DDOS report for 2022, Q2 of 2022 Q2 has witnessed some of the largest attacks the world has ever seen including a 26 million request per second HTTPS DDoS attacks. These attacks were automatically detected and mitigated by CloudFare. Furthermore, attacks against Ukraine and Russia continue, whilst a new Ransom DDoS attack campaign emerged.
The report highlighted the following. First the war on the ground between Russia and Ukraine continues to be accompanied by attacks targeting the spread of information. Broadcast Media companies in the Ukraine were the most targeted in Q2 by DDoS attacks.
In Russia on the other hand, Online Media dropped as the most attacked industry, replaced by Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) companies. Almost 45% of all application-layer DDoS attacks targeted the BFSI sector. Cryptocurrency companies in Russia were the second most attacked.
In terms of Ransom attacks, June 2022, saw a peak to the highest of the year Overall in Q2, the percent of Ransom DDoS attacks increased by 11% QoQ.
In 2022 Q2, application-layer DDoS attacks increased by 72% YoY. Organizations in the US were the most targeted, followed by Cyprus, Hong Kong, and China. Interestingly attacks on organizations in Cyprus increased by 166% QoQ.
The Aviation & Aerospace industry was the most targeted in Q2, followed by the Internet industry, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, and Gaming / Gambling in fourth place.
In 2022 Q2, network-layer DDoS attacks increased by 109% YoY. Attacks of 100 Gbps and larger increased by 8% QoQ, and attacks lasting more than 3 hours increased by 12% QoQ. The top attacked industries were Telecommunications, Gaming / Gambling and the Information Technology and Services industry.
Commenting on the report, Bashar Bashaireh, Managing Director, Middle East & Turkey, Cloudflare says, “Cloudflare’s mission is to help build a better Internet. A better Internet is one that is more secure, faster, and reliable for everyone even in the face of DDoS attacks. As part of our mission, since 2017, we’ve been providing unmetered and unlimited DDoS protection for free to all of our customers. Over the years, it has become increasingly easier for attackers to launch DDoS attacks. But as easy as it has become, we want to make sure that it is even easier — and free — for organizations of all sizes to protect themselves against DDoS attacks of all types.”
