The New DDoS Economy: Bigger Attacks, Better Sources, Lower Barriers
NETSCOUT, Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
NETSCOUT's 1H 2026 DDoS report shows attacks industrializing, with more than 9.1 million DDoS attacks observed globally.
NETSCOUT summarizes its DDoS Threat Intelligence Report for the first half of 2026, which found no breakthrough attack technique but an industrialization of existing ones.
Attackers now compete on delivery, source quality and efficiency, with DDoS-for-hire services marketing methods to bypass specific defenses and residential proxy networks supplying legitimate-looking source addresses.
Attacks exceeding 1 Tbps or 1 Gpps have become far more common, and more than 9.1 million DDoS attacks were observed globally, pushing providers and enterprises toward a new operational baseline.