StormWall’s analytics centre has analysed DDoS attacks across the Asia-Pacific region in the first quarter of 2025. StormWall warns attacks on telecommunications, entertainment, and government sectors have more than doubled year-over-year.
Companies in the telecommunications sector now face a one in three chance of being hit by a DDoS attack. For entertainment services – gaming platforms, streaming providers – the odds are one in 5.5, and for government infrastructure, one in eight.
Telecommunications was the most attacked industry in Q1 2025, at 31% share of attacks and 136% year-over-year growth. Entertainment platforms came second (18% share, 114% year-over-year growth), followed by government infrastructure (12% share, 104% growth).
In the telecommunications industry, 59% of attacks targeted ISPs, followed by DNS service providers (26%) and hosting/data centres (15%). Carpet bombing attacks were used in 56% of all incidents, while API-level DDoS attacks accounted for 21% of incidents. Only 7% of attacks were volumetric.
“These attacks often fly under the radar unless your security system includes AI or machine learning components trained to identify suspicious patterns,” said StormWall CEO Ramil Khantimirov.
In carpet bombing, hackers distribute traffic across multiple IP addresses at low volumes per IP, preventing legacy systems from triggering volume-based alarms. Modern API attacks utilise non-spoofed traffic that mimics legitimate users or applications, causing automated systems to misinterpret the attack as a sudden increase in website popularity, according to StormWall experts.
StormWall recommends that cybersecurity executives in the region invest in modern, application-aware DDoS protection to detect and block both infrastructure-level and application-layer attacks before they cause damage.
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