Welcome to Cloudflare’s quarterly distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) report for the fourth and final quarter of 2022. This report uncovers insights and trends about the DDoS threat landscape observed across Cloudflare’s global network from October to December of 2022.
As the year drew to a close and billions around the world celebrated holidays, DDoS attacks persisted. We observed these attacks increase in size, frequency, and sophistication while attempting to disrupt our way of life – heavily targeting industries such as Aviation and Aerospace, Gaming/Gambling, Financial Services, and Education Management.
