Kenya has been listed among the top five countries hit by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the first half of 2023. According to NETSCOUT’s latest Threat Intelligence Report, threat actors launched approximately 7.9 million DDoS attacks globally during this period, compared to just over 6 million of these attacks during the same period in 2022. This represents a 31 per cent increase year over year and a staggering 44,000 DDoS attacks per day. A barrage of DDoS attacks hammered the satellite communications industry, resulting in an 86,972 per cent increase in attacks against this industry in EMEA. “EMEA-based businesses have already displayed their capabilities when it comes to blocking DDoS attacks.

Source: Daily Nation October 30, 2023 10:39 UTC