FRANKFURT, Mar. 2, 2026, CyberNewswire — Link11 has published its European Cyber Report 2026, revealing that DDoS attacks reached a new level in 2025 and have become a permanent stress factor for digital infrastructures. The report shows that the … (more…) The post News alert: DDoS attacks surge 75% in 2025; Link11 says attacks now sustained, not sporadic first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

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Link11's European Cyber Report 2026 reveals DDoS attacks surged 75% in 2025, with attacks now occurring 88% of the time (322 days/year). Terabit-scale attacks have become routine, with the strongest reaching 1.33 Tbit/s at 120 million packets per second. The longest single attack lasted over 8 days. After an initial attack, there is a 70%+ probability of follow-up attacks, averaging 2.8 additional incidents per event. Attackers now combine high-volume floods with low-and-slow Layer 7 tactics that evade classic thresholds. Link11 recommends always-on DDoS protection, Web Application & API Protection (WAAP), AI-powered detection, and integrating DDoS scenarios into business continuity planning.