TechIsland member QratorLabs has released their insightful Q2 2024 report on DDoS attack trends. Below, you'll find an executive summary of the key findings and for a deeper dive into the data and analysis, you can access the full report on QratorLabs' website.

Executive summary

• In Q2 2024, we did not observe any fundamentally new DDoS attack vectors. The methods currently used by attackers are already well-studied and successfully neutralized by our solutions.
• Likewise, there was no significant change in the number of attacks in Q2 2024. We attribute this stability to the absence of major trigger events that could dramatically alter the landscape, such as the 2020 widespread transition to remote work, which was followed by a surge in DDoS attacks.
• The largest share of L3-L4 DDoS attacks in the second quarter of 2024 targeted the Betting shops segment, accounting for over 12% of all attacks during this period. We link this increase in activity to the European Football Championship.
• Furthermore, Betting shops experienced the most powerful DDoS attacks during the reporting period: both at the L3-L4 layers (more than 450 Gbps) and at the L7 layer (more than 1.5 million rps).
• The largest number of L7 DDoS attacks in Q2 2024 targeted the Banks segment, accounting for more than 32% of all attacks during this period.
• The two longest recorded L7 DDoS attacks during this period lasted more than two days and targeted the Telecom operators and Payment systems segments.
• Bot activity in Q2 2024 was high but stable, with no significant spikes. The highest number of bot attacks targeted the Online retail segment, accounting for 40% of all blocked requests.
• The overall number of BGP incidents remained roughly the same as in the previous quarter, while the number of global BGP incidents significantly decreased.

Access the full report here: https://qrator.net/blog/details/q2-2024-ddos-bots-and-bgp-incidents-statistics-and