CyberzSOC

A distributed denial-of-service attack (or DDoS attack) is a malicious attempt using multiple systems to make computer or network resources unavailable to their intended users, usually by interrupting or suspending services connected to the Internet1. The specific methods and types of DDoS attacks change and evolve over time. The same applies to the victim targeting and motivation of the attackers. In this guidance, we focus on the situation in 2024 – based on experiences gathered when drafting earlier versions of this guidance as well as the most recent statistics of DDoS attacks from Q1 2024. One of the most constant changes in DDoS attacks over the years has been their scale. Every year, systematically, the attacks are getting larger and more powerful.