Distributed Denial of Service attacks remain unpredictable and persistent, and vary widely in volume, speed and complexity according to Reston, Va.-based Verisign's DDoS Trends Report for the first quarter of 2017.
While Verisign saw a 23% decrease in DDoS attacks during the first quarter, the average peak attack size increased 26% compared to the previous quarter.
Attackers also launched sustained and repeated assaults against their targets. Verisign observed almost 50% of its customers who experienced DDoS attacks in Q1 2017 were targeted multiple times during the quarter.
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