Quarterly Layer 7 (application-layer) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack volumes increased 94% year-over-year between Q1 2023 and Q4 2024.
Quarterly Layer 7 (application-layer) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack volumes increased 94% year-over-year between Q1 2023 and Q4 2024. — This cybersecurity statistic was published by Akamai in April 2025. It covers topics including DDoS. The original data appears in State of Apps and API Security 2025: How AI Is Shifting the Digital Terrain. For the full methodology and detailed findings, refer to the original report.
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Quarterly Layer 7 (application-layer) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack volumes increased 94% year-over-year between Q1 2023 and Q4 2024. This data was published by Akamai and covers DDoS.
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This statistic comes from State of Apps and API Security 2025: How AI Is Shifting the Digital Terrain, published by Akamai on April 22, 2025. You can view the original report at https://www.akamai.com/lp/soti/app-api-ai-security-report-2025.
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