Cloudflare’s second-quarter 2025 DDoS threat report reveals a significant increase in attack volume, surpassing total mitigations from 2024. The report highlights a rise in hyper-volumetric attacks and shifts in targeted regions and industries. #Cloudflare #DDoS #Botnets #HyperVolumetricAttacks
Keypoints
- In the first half of 2025, Cloudflare mitigated more DDoS attacks than all of 2024.
- Over 6,500 hyper-volumetric attacks, including a record 7.3 Tbps event, were blocked in Q2 2025.
- China remained the most targeted country, with organizations in telecom, internet, IT, and agriculture sectors heavily attacked.
- Indonesia, Singapore, and Hong Kong were the top sources of attack traffic, mainly from known botnets.
- Attacks targeted diverse systems, including IoT devices, Linux systems, and RTOS-based devices like VxWorks.
Read More: https://www.securityweek.com/ddos-attacks-blocked-by-cloudflare-in-2025-already-surpass-2024-total/