{"id":57169,"date":"2026-01-29T11:12:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbip.nl\/?p=57169"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:12:36","slug":"ddos-attacks-in-q4-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nbip.nl\/en\/actueel\/ddos-attacks-in-q4-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"DDoS-attacks in Q4 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"57169\" class=\"elementor elementor-57169\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c294ec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9c294ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d08ef2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d08ef2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><strong>The DDoS mitigation service NaWas protects participants in the digital infrastructure against DDoS attacks and provides insight into changing trends in the field of DDoS. <\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>In the fourth quarter of 2025, NaWas detected a total of <b>1918<\/b>\u00a0DDoS attacks. Measured in terms of the number of bits, the largest attack amounted to over <b>134.13 Gbps.\u00a0<\/b>In terms packets per second, the largest attack was <strong>91.72<\/strong><b>\u00a0Mpps<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div data-id=\"7d08ef2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<p><strong>Application Layer (L7) DNS<\/strong> and <strong>HTTP request flood<\/strong> events were the most common attack vectors and were observed in 72% of all attacks in the fourth quarter of 2025.\u00a0However, measured in terms of size and volume, <strong>DNS Amplification<\/strong> remains one of the most impactful attack vectors. In addition, NaWas observed a very large HTTPS Quick Flood attack (size: 91 Mpps). 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