‘Attackers are steering their botnets with greater precision and control’: DDoS attack numbers might be dwindling, but they’re intensifying

While the number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on European organizations is falling, attacks have become more targeted and intense. Findings from Link11's European Cyber Report for the first half of 2026 show that the number of attacks was down by 42%, but revealed new highs for attack intensity across bandwidth, packet rate, and...