9,7 million DDoS attacks in 2021
NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report: Attackers Embrace Innovative Techniques, Launching 9,7M DDoS Attacks in 2021. Ransomware groups, DDoS-for-Hire services, and server-class botnet armies are making more sophisticated attacks easier are to be started. NETSCOUT announced the results of its semi-annual Threat Intelligence Report. In the second half of 2021, cybercriminals launched approximately 4,4 million distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, bringing the total number of DDoS attacks in 2021 to 9,75 million. This represents a 3% decrease from the record number seen at the peak of the pandemic, but the number of attacks remains 14% above levels...