Cloudflare reports blocking over 8,200 DDoS attacks an hour in Q3
Attackers increasingly used short, frequent bursts rather than relying only on large traffic floods, Cloudflare's third-quarter 2026 report found. Network-layer attacks reached 18.2 million, more than triple the year-earlier total, while the largest attacks declined nearly 69%, according to SiliconANGLE's coverage of the report from Cloudflare's Cloudforce One threat intelligence unit.
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SiliconANGLE Cloudflare finds the largest DDoS attacks fell 69% as total attacks rose 208% · Duncan Riley
Cyber Security News Hackers Launch 8,200 DDoS Attacks Every Hour, Cloudflare’s Latest Report Reveals · Guru Baran
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Cloudflare Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report 2026 Q3: More swarms, fewer giants · Cloudforce One
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