Cybersecurity statistics / DDoS
| Publisher | Corero Network Security |
| Report | 2026 Threat Intelligence Report |
| Published | 2 April 2026 |
| Topics | DDoS, Attack Vectors |
Published by Corero Network Security in 2026 Threat Intelligence Report, 2 April 2026. The figure is taken from the report as published; the full methodology is in the source.
| 5% of Nordic CISOs cited DDoS and opportunistic probing as their primary concern. Truesec, 31/05/2026 |
| Botnets leveraged more than 500,000 compromised systems to power DDoS campaigns. Ontinue, 27/05/2026 |
| Peak DDoS attack sizes increased by 262% year over year, with terabit-scale attacks occurring in seconds. Corero Network Security, 27/05/2026 |
| DDoS attack volumes reached 12 Tbps in Q4, representing a sixfold increase. Gcore, 27/05/2026 |
| Layer 7 DDoS attacks surged 104% over the past two years. 2026 SOTI Security report Convergence crisis: AI attacks move from web apps to APIs to DDoS, 27/05/2026 |
| Mexico, Brazil, and the United States accounted for 31%, 24%, and 20% of network-layer observed attack traffic, respectively. Gcore, 27/05/2026 |
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