Around 65.5 percent of DDoS attacks in Q3, 2018 were targeted at Communications Service Providers (CSPs) globally, according to latest Nexusguard findings.
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Number of DDoS attacks up 35% compared to Q1 2018: Verisign report
Verisign additionally observed that 62 percent of its customers who experienced DDoS attacks in Q2 2018 were targeted multiple times during the quarter.
Read More500 pc increase in average DDoS attack size : Nexusguard report
The quarterly report, which unbiasedly evaluates thousands of worldwide DDoS attacks, attributes the dramatic rise to IoT botnets and Satori malware exploits, which is a variant of the notorious Mirai malware.
Read MoreAn average cost of security breach is close to US$8 million: F5 Labs
New research by F5 Labs found that web and applications attacks are the largest cause of security breaches (30 percent), with an average reported cost of close to $8 million per breach
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