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The article reports that according to the third quarter State of the Internet Security report submitted by cloud service provider Akamai Technologies Inc., Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and web application attacks have increased in the third quarter of 2016. It states that on average there were 30 DDoS attacks per target, and the top DDoS attack of 623 Gbps was directed against security blogger Brian Krebs.

The article presents the Internet/Security Report from content delivery network Akamai which reveals rise in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack traffic across the globe in second quarter of 2016. It informs about the Network Time Protocol (NTP) technique used by DDoS attackers. As per the report, China was the top source for DDoS attack traffic while Brazil led in web application attacks.

The article reports how distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in quarter 2 declined in the U.S. In the second quarter, the average peak attack size was reported at 17.37G bps, which is a sequential decline from the 19.37G bps reported in the first quarter of 2016. Verisign reported that 64 percent of attacks employed multiple attack types, with 9 percent making use of five or more attack types in a combined DDoS operation.

The article reports that a study by Arbor Networks Inc. has found that massive Denial of service attacks (DDoS), are becoming a disturbing trend. In 2015, there were 16 DDoS attacks that were more than 200G bps, while in the first half of 2016 alone, there already have been 446. The top target for DDoS attacks is Port 80, used for Hyper Text transport Protocol (HTTP) and in second place is Domain Name Systems (DNS. The most Targeted Nation is the U.S. followed by South Korea and China.

The article reports on an increase in the number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in cloud services provider Akamai Technologies during the first quarter of 2016. Topics mentioned include a decline in the average DDoS attack duration from the first quarter of 2015 to 2016, the largest DDoS reported attack in Akamai in the first quarter of 2016, and China as the top source for DDoS attacks.

The article reports that according to the report, Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR) released by software firm Arbor Networks there is an increase in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in 2015 and presents several charts on the same. Topics include DDoS affecting internet connectivity, web server Port 80 targeted the most, the use of NetFlow-based analyzers by organizations to detect threats; and domain name system (DNS) and Network Time Protocol (NTP) affected by DDoS.

The article reports on a study conducted by the cloud service provider Akamai on the increasing attempts of security risks such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack with the increasing broadband speeds. Topics discussed include 149G-bps attack observed against a gaming industry customer, several countries that were the source of attacks such as Great Britain and China; and the transport method used by most of the attacks was Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

Several graphs and charts are presented showing increase in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks worldwide as per the content delivery network Akamai's second-quarter 2015 state-of-the-Internet security report.

The article focuses on increased risks of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in internet security according to a report by software company Arbor Networks. Topics discussed include attacks reflecting SYN (synchronization) packet floods in computer networking, highest DDoS reflection attacks in France and, a the largest attack size through Network Time Protocol (NTP) reflection.

The article presents release of the 2014 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) Trends Report by Internet communications VeriSign on DDoS attacks hitting financial customers of the company on June 5, 2014. Topics discussed include attacks by Network Time Protocol (NTP) amplification to the company's network ranges from 50 to 75 gigabyte per second, the NTP attacks risk warnings by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team and the attacks targets vendors of media and entertainment.