Threat actors move to smaller more persistent attacks

Threat actors are favoring smaller, persistent attacks under 100,000 requests per second according to a new report. This shift signals a growing dependence on automated, generative AI-enhanced attack tools, reflecting the democratization of DDoS capabilities among loosely coordinated threat actors and new actors entering the scene. The report from Radware also shows web DDoS attacks rose 39 percent over the second half of 2024. The second quarter set a record with a 54 percent quarter-on-quarter spike. Among other findings network-layer DDoS attacks have increased 85.5 percent compared to the second half of 2024. Hacktivists claimed more than 9,200 DDoS attacks… [Continue Reading]