{"id":124814,"date":"2022-11-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/?p=124814"},"modified":"2024-06-26T16:30:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T23:30:51","slug":"2022-holiday-ddos-protection-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/2022-holiday-ddos-protection-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 holiday DDoS protection guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The holiday season is an exciting time for many people as they get to relax, connect with friends and family, and celebrate traditions. Organizations also have much to rejoice about during the holidays (for example, more sales for retailers and more players for gaming companies). Unfortunately, cyber attackers also look forward to this time of year to celebrate an emerging holiday tradition\u2014distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While DDoS attacks happen all year round, the holidays are one of the most popular times and where some of the most high-profile attacks occur. Last October in India, there was a 30-fold increase in DDoS attacks targeting services frequently used during the festive season, including media streaming, internet phone services, and online gaming1<\/sup>. Last October through December, Microsoft mitigated several large-scale DDoS attacks, including one of the largest attacks in history from approximately 10,000 sources spanning multiple countries2<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n