The security specialists at Link11 have summarized the developments in DDoS attacks for the 1st half of 2021 in a report. The extensive figures and analyses from network monitoring provide an up-to-date picture of the threat landscape: characterized by high-volume attacks, heavy abuse of cloud servers, and ongoing DDoS extortions campaigns. Multi-vector attacks, which target various vulnerabilities in the IT infrastructure, also posed a growing threat in the first half of the year. Download the Link11 report for in-depth data and assessments on DDoS attacks:

• The DDoS Threat Situation in key figures
• Trends in quality and quantity of attacks
• Developments in amplification-reflection attacks and cloud DDoS attacks