{
  "id": 17063583,
  "title": "Cloudflare finds the largest DDoS attacks fell 69% as total attacks rose 208%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/cloudflare-finds-the-largest-ddos-attacks-fell-69-as-total-attacks",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-29T13:00:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SiliconANGLE",
    "slug": "siliconangle",
    "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/29/cloudflare-finds-the-largest-ddos-attacks-fell-69-as-total-attacks-rose-208/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Cloudflare's latest report reveals a significant decline in the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which dropped by nearly 69% in the third quarter. However, the total number of attacks rose by over 200% compared to the previous year, reaching 18.2 million. The report, titled \"Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report 2026 Q3,\" highlights 251 attacks exceeding 1 terabit per second between July and September. A sixfold increase from the first quarter contributed to this surge. Law enforcement actions against four major botnets, including Aisuru, Kimwolf, JackSkid, and Mossad, were credited with the notable decrease, with arrests made in Canada and Germany. Despite the overall increase in attacks, most remained relatively small, with 96% lasting under 10 minutes and bandwidth usage under 1 gigabit per second. Cloudflare attributes the drop to these law enforcement actions and observes that attackers are shifting methods. Amplification attacks using Domain Name System (DNS) rose by 215%, accounting for 3.4% of network-layer attacks, while User Datagram Protocol (UDP) floods increased to 31.3%. Media, production, and publishing industries saw the highest number of attacks, while the internet sector climbed to the sixth most targeted industry. The U.S. was the most-attacked country, followed by China, with Indonesia ranking third. Canada and Israel experienced significant increases in attacks, with Canada reaching sixth place due to bilateral trade disputes and Israel climbing to tenth place due to sustained DDoS activity preceding parliamentary elections and the Rosh Hashanah holiday. Cloudflare's automated systems detect and mitigate attacks without human intervention, as most attacks conclude before an analyst can intervene.",
  "summary": "A new report out today from Cloudflare Inc.’s Cloudforce One threat intelligence unit finds that the largest distributed denial-of-service attacks fell nearly 69% in the third quarter, and network-layer attacks overall more than tripled from a year earlier, to 18.2 million. The “Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report 2026 Q3” details 251 attacks above 1 terabit per […] The post Cloudflare finds the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}