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Gcore Reports Surge In DDoS Attack Activity
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Gcore reported in its Q3–Q4 2025 Radar that DDoS attacks accelerated sharply, with total events rising to 1.3 million in Q4 2025 from 512,000 in Q4 2024 and peak bandwidth reaching 12 Tbps. The report finds network-layer attacks account for 82% of incidents and that attack sources concentrate in Latin America, prompting calls for globally distributed, source-focused mitigation.
Key Points
- 1Documented attacks grew to 1.3M in Q4 2025 and peak bandwidth reached 12 Tbps
- 2Network-layer attacks dominate at 82%, becoming shorter and enabling cheaper high-impact disruption
- 3Adopt globally distributed mitigation, source-side filtering, and integrated behavior detection to reduce impact
Scoring Rationale
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