---
id: 8039
title: "The Rise of DDoS Attacks and How to Stop Them"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/security-industry-trends/the-rise-of-ddos-attacks-and-how-to-stop-them/"
published_at: "2020-08-04T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["cloud", "aws", "cloudflare", "mitigation", "ddos", "isp", "nexusguard"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8039"
lang: en
---

# The Rise of DDoS Attacks and How to Stop Them

## Summary

US DDoS attacks rose 278% year over year in Q1 2020 as remote work surged; a look at application-layer versus network-layer attacks, ISP mitigation, and lessons from AWS, Akamai, and Cloudflare.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2020-08-04T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/executive-blog/security-industry-trends/the-rise-of-ddos-attacks-and-how-to-stop-them/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8039