Global DDoS Attack Observation: the Latest Changes and Future Trends

As major corporations and organizations around the world strengthen their cyberspace security defenses and take more proactive protection measures, cyber attackers are adapting their attack techniques and increasing the sophistication of their attacks. The industrialization of the cybercrime economy has objectively provided cybercriminals with more tools and infrastructure, resulting in a continued increase in cybercrime rates worldwide.

In the first half of 2022, cyberspace security threats focused on the Russian-Ukrainian war and the rise of nation-state attacks and hacktivism around the world. in February, Ukraine suffered the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in the country’s history, severely impacting government websites and banking network services. As the cyberattack continued, it had a ripple effect on numerous countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany. State attack groups and hacktivists have launched a large number of attacks on UK financial services businesses, primarily in the form of a significant increase in the number of DDoS attacks, with the aim of trying to undermine Ukraine’s allies.

Hacktivist activity continues to be rampant in 2022. In addition to politically motivated attacks, DDoS attacks affected a wide range of industries, with…