2025 Q4 DDoS threat report: A record-setting 31.4 Tbps attack caps a year of massive DDoS assaults
The number of DDoS attacks more than doubled in 2025. The network layer is under particular threat as hyper-volumetric attacks grew 700%.
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4.2 Tbps of bad packets and a whole lot more: Cloudflare's Q3 DDoS report
The number of DDoS attacks spiked in the third quarter of 2024. Cloudflare mitigated nearly 6 million DDoS attacks, representing a 49% increase QoQ and 55% increase YoY.
Advanced DNS Protection: mitigating sophisticated DNS DDoS attacks
We're proud to introduce the Advanced DNS Protection system, a robust defense mechanism designed to protect against the most sophisticated DNS-based DDoS attacks
Introducing Advanced DDoS Alerts
Cloudflare’s Advanced DDoS Alerts provide tailored and actionable notifications in real-time
Introducing Cloudflare Adaptive DDoS Protection - our new traffic profiling system for mitigating DDoS attacks
Cloudflare’s new Adaptive DDoS Protection system learns your unique traffic patterns and constantly adapts to protect you against sophisticated DDoS attacks
Introducing Location-Aware DDoS Protection
Location-Aware DDoS Protection is now available in beta for Cloudflare Enterprise customers that are subscribed to the Advanced DDoS service
