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our figures about DDoS
attacks in Luxembourg in 2020.
The risk of being confronted with DDoS attacks is more and more important and attempts are increasing. In this context POST has decided to publish in full transparency its figures concerning the DDoS volumetric attacks recorded on its Backbone in Luxembourg.
What is a DDoS attack ?
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is an attempt to make an online service on internet unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources. These attacks are always more complex and enterprises cannot protect themselves against these attacks. They have to trust their Internet Service Provider. Indeed, traditional security systems such as Firewalls, DNS do not stop all DDoS attacks. Only a dedicated service will protect your IT infrastructures and your Internet services, by mitigating your traffic: rejecting illegitimate Internet traffic and filtering legitimate traffic.
What are the consequences ?
In case of a DDoS attack, the impacts are numerous for your company:
- Business interruption
- Loss of income
- Loss of notoriety
No industry is immune to these attacks. Attacks can target any entity with a network infrastructure connected to the Internet.
But the risk management of your company can be improved thanks to an effective protection. 2.8 million DDoS attacks occurred in the world from January to July 2018.
JANUARY 2020
Attacks
Alerts
POST established this definition in order to differentiate alerts from attacks:
Several alerts can form one attack. If the break between the different alerts is no longer than 70 minutes, then we count these alerts as one attack. But if the break is longer than 70 minutes between the alerts, then we count these alerts as different attacks.
The biggest
volumetric attack
of the month
Gbps
The biggest
volumetric attack
of the year (2019)
Gbps
Number of packets/second
of the biggest attack
of the month
Mpps
Number of packets/second
of the biggest attack
of the year (2019)
Mpps
Alert type distribution :
Attack duration :
Attacks ≤ 00:30:00
Attacks > 00:30:00
FEBRUARY 2020
Attacks
Alerts
POST established this definition in order to differentiate alerts from attacks:
Several alerts can form one attack. If the break between the different alerts is no longer than 70 minutes, then we count these alerts as one attack. But if the break is longer than 70 minutes between the alerts, then we count these alerts as different attacks.
The biggest
volumetric attack
of the month
Gbps
The biggest
volumetric attack
of the year (2019)
Gbps
Number of packets/second
of the biggest attack
of the month
Mpps
Number of packets/second
of the biggest attack
of the year (2019)
Mpps
Alert type distribution :
Attack duration :
Attacks ≤ 00:30:00
Attacks > 00:30:00
MARS 2020
Attacks
Alerts
POST established this definition in order to differentiate alerts from attacks:
Several alerts can form one attack. If the break between the different alerts is no longer than 70 minutes, then we count these alerts as one attack. But if the break is longer than 70 minutes between the alerts, then we count these alerts as different attacks.
The biggest
volumetric attack
of the month
Gbps
The biggest
volumetric attack
of the year (2019)
Gbps
Number of packets/second
of the biggest attack
of the month
Mpps
Number of packets/second
of the biggest attack
of the year (2019)
Mpps
Alert type distribution :
Attack duration :
Attacks ≤ 00:30:00
Attacks > 00:30:00
For more information about DDoS attacks : Attaques DDoS au Luxembourg : une vraie menace ?