Akamai Technologies reports rise in DDoS Attacks
Based on the data gathered from Akamai Intelligent Platform, Akamai Technologies has released its First Quarter, 2013 State of the Internet Report which provides insight into key global statistics such as network connectivity and connection speeds, attack traffic, and broadband adoption and availability, among many others.
The First Quarter, 2013 State of the Internet Report includes new observations on “account checker” attacks targeting e-commerce sites and the impact on Akamai traffic from events. The report also reviews mobile browser usage by network type based on data from Akamai IO.
David Belson, Product Line Director for Custom Analytics and Report’s Editor at Akamai Technologies, said, This quarter’s State of the Internet Report shows continued positive growth in terms of Internet and broadband adoption worldwide. However, the levels of malicious activity we have observed show no signs of abating, as evidenced by the ongoing rise in DDoS attacks. This reinforces the continued need for vigilance by organizations that are conducting business and maintaining a presence on the Internet.
Akamai report observed attack traffic originating from 177 unique countries/regions during the first quarter of 2013, the same number that was observed in the fourth quarter of 2012.
In the first quarter of 2013, Akamai customers reported 208 DDoS attacks, up slightly from the 200 reported in the previous quarter. Of those attacks, 35 per cent targeted Enterprise customers; 32 per cent were focussed on Commerce customers; 22 per cent on Media customers; 7 per cent on High-Tech customers; and 4 per cent targeted Public Sector customers. Attacks were reported by 154 different organizations in the first quarter of 2013.
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