Cloudflare Reports Almost 7% of Internet Traffic Is Malicious 🔒

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Summary:

  1. Rise in Malicious Traffic: Cloudflare’s latest State of Application Security Report reveals that 6.8% of internet traffic is malicious, up from last year’s 5.8%, with a significant portion driven by geopolitical tensions.

  2. DDoS Attacks Prevalent: DDoS attacks make up over 37% of all mitigated traffic, with Cloudflare blocking 4.5 million unique attacks in the first quarter of 2024 alone. The sophistication of these attacks is increasing, exemplified by a record-breaking attack of 201 million requests per second.

  3. API Security Concerns: APIs are a growing target, with 60% of dynamic web traffic being API-related. Many organizations are unaware of a quarter of their API endpoints, increasing their vulnerability. Additionally, 38% of HTTP requests are automated bot traffic, with 93% of these bots potentially harmful.

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