{"id":1182,"date":"2025-02-19T09:41:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avydos.com\/state-of-ddos-2024-in-review\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:22:28","slug":"state-of-ddos-2024-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kybervandals.com\/state-of-ddos-2024-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"State of DDoS 2024 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kybervandals.com\/content\/images\/2025\/02\/photo-1739698124907-32a5d9d497c4.jpeg\" alt=\"State of DDoS 2024 in Review\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2024 was a &#8222;normal&#8220; year in the DDoS domain, with the expected continuous evolution but no real disruptive changes. In this article, we highlight the key developments and provide a brief outlook for 2025.<\/p>\n<p>As always, the full logbook and a link to all ressources and vendor reports can be found in our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kybervandals.com\/state-of-ddos-summary\/#2024\"><strong>&#8222;State of DDoS\/2024&#8220;<\/strong><\/a> report.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Key Takeaways from 2024<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AI to the Rescue<\/strong>: All major vendors have deployed or are actively testing ML-based botnet mitigation solutions (adaptive defense).<\/li>\n<li><strong>API Attacks Are on the Rise<\/strong>: APIs are easier to attack and harder to defend, making them a prime target for sophisticated attackers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Attackers Have Professionalized Further<\/strong>: Instead of relying on hacked IoT botnets, adversaries now leverage rented cloud resources and proxy farms. 50% of attacks are now orchestrated by these professional threat actors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>physical DDoS <\/strong>became a thing, esp. during the olympics and baltic cable incidents, so <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kybervandals.com\/physical-d-dos-collection\/\">we started tracking them<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Outlook for 2025<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AI on the Attacker Side<\/strong>: The use of AI to bypass CAPTCHA protections will become more prevalent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geo-Block Mitigation Will Gain Traction<\/strong>: More organizations will adopt geolocation-based traffic filtering as a defensive strategy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Worldwide Hacktivism Is Here to Stay<\/strong>: Political and ideological DDoS campaigns will continue to shape the global threat landscape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 was a &#8222;normal&#8220; year in the DDoS domain, with the expected continuous evolution but no real disruptive changes. 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