Link11 DDoS Report
for Europe

Within 12 months, the amount of DDoS attacks has more than doubled. In the 4th quarter of 2016 the DDoS threat reached a new alarming record-high with 11,575 attacks. Compared to the 4th quarter 2015, this means an increase of 117% in Central Europe alone. The Link11 Security Operation Team (LSOC) had to defend 125 attacks per day.

Further insights on the DDoS threat in Europe can be found in the current Link11 DDoS Report

  • Servers and networks in Europe were under attack for 1242 hours. Compared to the 4th quarter of 2015 this means an increase of 102.6%
  • During 13 DDoS attacks the LSOC registered bandwidths of 20 to 40 Gbps
  • The packet rate peaked at 32.2 million pps
  • The longest attack had a duration of 666 minutes until the attackers gave up
  • The DDoS vector UDP floods was dominant with a share of 54.6%
  • The DDoS threat is balanced from Mondays to Thursdays. But the threat significantly went down to the start of the weekend

DDoS Statistics and Analysis
for Europe

Download DDoS-Report Q4 2016
Number of mitigated attacks in Q4 2016

100

Number of mitigated attacks
in Q4 2016
Duration of the longest mitigated attack in minutes

100

Duration of the longest mitigated attack in minutes
Largest attack mitigated within the last 30 days in Mbits

100

Largest attack mitigated within the last 30 days in Mbits

Report History

Download former Link11 DDoS Reports here