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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

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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

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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 attacks:Q3 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

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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 world’s 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.