Telecom Sees Fastest Increase In DDoS Attacks: Report
RCRWirelessNews, Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
A new network security report on trends in dedicated denial of service (DDoS) attacks has found that the telecommunications industry is seeing the fastest year-over-year rate of growth for DDoS attacks.
The financial industry still accounted for the highest percentage of attacks, at nearly 24% compared to telecom's 12.3%, according to Imperva-which is part of Thales after being acquired late last year, the ninth of Thales' digital security acquisitions in recent years aimed at boosting its cybersecurity position. But telecom saw a 548% year-over-year increase in application layer attacks during the first half of this year, compared to the first half of 2023, Imperva said.
Overall, Imperva said that the number of DDoS attacks were up by 215% from the first half of last year.