DDoS threat report for 2024 Q1

The 17th edition of Cloudflare's DDoS threat report reveals a significant increase in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks during the first quarter of 2024, with 4.5 million mitigated by their systems - a 50% year-over-year increase. DNS-based DDoS attacks have become the most prominent attack vector, increasing by 80% year-over-year. The Information Technology and Internet industry was the most targeted by network-layer DDoS attacks, while the Gaming and Gambling industry was the number one most attacked globally by HTTP DDoS attacks.