Surging DDoS Attack Rates Show No Sign Of Slowing Down - Here's Why
ITPro, Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
Attackers are using ever more sophisticated and efficient techniques to target elections, protests and other political events
The number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks has shot up since the first half of last year, according to new research, with DDoS-for-hire services becoming increasingly sophisticated.
Figures from Netscout show there were almost nine million DDoS attacks in the second half of 2024, up 12.75% on the first half.
The rise is driven by the increasing use of DDoS attacks as a tool of choice in cyber warfare linked to socio-political events such as elections, civil protests, and policy disputes.