Q3 2023 in Review: DDoS Attacks Report by StormWall

The third quarter of 2023 saw a noticeable increase in DDoS attacks and a shift towards more complex attacks. Check out the StormWall report for more information.

This report by StormWall, a worldwide DDoS protection service, presents a summary of DDoS attacks on its clients during the first half of 2023.

StormWall analysts investigated the features of DDoS attacks for the second quarter of 2023 and collected statistics on industries and the most affected countries.

StormWall, a global DDoS protection provider, examined Q1 2023 attacks on clients in the financial industry, e-commerce, telecom, entertainment, transport, education, and logistics for its first 2023 report.

StormWall’s DDoS Year-in-Review report takes a look at the 2022 threat landscape, breaks down the industries that were most affected, and explores current DDoS trends.

We observed an unprecedented growth in the number of DDoS attacks in 2022. Unfortunately, this trend continued into the third quarter of the year. The report looks at the situation in the telecommunications, fintech, entertainment, education and logistic industries.

According to the study, the number of DDoS attacks on the financial, retail, gaming and education sectors increased significantly in 2021 compared to 2020.

Hackers have not left the front pages of North America's most famous newspapers, impacting our daily lives. DDoS attacks have risen to the top of the U.S. president's agenda, becoming the nation's top national security concern.

Before the start of the new academic year, StormWall specialists have identified a sharp increase in DDoS attacks on the e-commerce sector in August 2021.

In recent years, hacking attacks have become even more sophisticated. Where once one person could be involved in an attack, now, with advances in technology and the rise of cyber security specialists, it is difficult to pull off major hacks alone.

As the world relies on digital technologies more and more, the consequences of DDoS attacks can ripple further than before. In this article, we’re taking a look at some of the biggest cyber threats right now and the forecast on how they will evolve in 2021.

The ongoing digital transformation of various businesses has not only significantly increased the load on networks and data centers, but also increased the interest of attackers in DDoS attacks at the network level. Modern DDoS attacks are already approaching 1 Tbit/s in scale.

More than a year has passed since the first wave of COVID. As experts predicted, the increased dependence of users on Internet technologies has led to a surge of all sorts of cybercriminals. The main threats of 2021 are associated with several main areas.