Bigger and badder: how DDoS attack sizes have evolved over the last decade
Analysis of large DDoS attacks over the past decade reveals exponential growth, with varying slopes based on different metrics such as rps, pps, and bps.
MAIN POINTS
- Large DDoS attacks have been analyzed over a 10-year period.
- Growth of these attacks is exponential rather than linear.
- The slope of growth varies with different metrics.
- Metrics include requests per second (rps), packets per second (pps), and bits per second (bps).
TAKEAWAYS
- Understanding the growth pattern of DDoS attacks is crucial for cybersecurity strategies.
- Exponential growth indicates increasing severity and frequency of attacks.
- Different metrics provide varied insights into attack dynamics.
- Effective defense requires adapting to the exponential increase in attack scale.