Malicious Traffic
We've curated 14 cybersecurity statistics about Malicious traffic to help you understand how threats like botnets, DDoS attacks, and other nefarious activities are evolving in 2025. Stay informed to protect your network from these dangers!
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The top 10 countries account for 61% of malicious traffic, down 22% compared to 2024.
Overnight fraud surges were observed in Vietnam (38%), Mexico (38%), and India (36%).
Malicious traffic surged nearly 20% from Q1 to Q2 2025.
Attack automation services targeting gaming increased from 15% to 25% of all gaming-related attacks.
The overall device distribution for dating platforms flipped from 55% desktop prevalence to just 39% desktop prevalence.
The Roblox browser accounted for 18% of gaming attacks, indicating a platform-specific vulnerability
Excluding U.S. traffic, the highest concentrations of fraud hubs are found in Brazil (over 11%), Great Britain (nearly 10%), Vietnam (over 6%), and Nigeria (9%).
Sign-up fraud traffic in the Fintech sector escalated to 17 times the industry average.
Great Britain was responsible for 44% of attacks specifically targeting the Fintech sector.
Dating platforms experienced a 61% surge in mobile attacks.
Desktop-based threats targeting dating platforms declined by 16%.
The use of attack automation services increased from 31% to 36% of all attacks from Q1 to Q2 2025.
Average attack size grew by over 12% from Q1 to Q2 2025, demonstrating that attacks are becoming larger and more aggressive in scale.
Evening fraud attack peaks were observed in Pakistan (65%) and The Philippines (43%).