DDoS threat report for 2023 Q4

DDoS attacks are on the rise, with Q4 seeing an increase in large-scale attacks ranging from 100 Gbps to over 2 Tbps. This highlights the need for automated in-line defenses. In this quarter, almost 3% of all attacks originated from Mirai botnets, while DNS floods and DNS amplification attacks accounted for over half of all attacks. Other emerging threats included ACK-RST floods, CLDAP floods, and SPSS floods. To mitigate such attacks, it's essential to leverage in-line automated detection capabilities and comprehensive security features offered by Cloudflare.