In Q3, Cloudflare researchers said they stopped "one of the largest recorded HTTP attacks."
Cloudflare
released its Q3 DDoS Attack Trends report this week, capping a record-setting quarter that saw a number of
devastating attacks on VoIP services.
Cloudflare researchers said they saw the several "record-setting HTTP DDoS attacks, terabit-strong network-layer attacks and one of the largest botnets ever deployed (Meris)," noting the emergence of ransom DDoS attacks on voice over IP (VoIP) service providers. The
attack on Bandwidth.com left dozens of companies scrambling to deal with outages.
The US topped the list for the second quarter in a row of countries with the most targeted companies. But Cloudflare noted that companies in the UK and Canada also shot up the list.
Computer software, gaming, gambling, IT and Internet companies saw an average increase in attacks of 573% compared to the previous quarter.
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