Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks grew 150% globally according to a Radware threat analysis report. In 2022, DDoS attack profiles were redefined by gains in number, frequency, volume, power, duration and complexity.
Globally, organizations mitigated an average of 29.3 attacks per day during the fourth quarter of 2022, 3.5 times more compared to 8.4 attacks per day at the end of 2021. Attacks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) grew even faster than the global average and outpaced both the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region (APAC). Organizations in EMEA averaged 45 attacks per day in the fourth quarter of 2022, four-times more compared to 11.3 attacks per day during the same period in 2021.