Cloudflare mitigated 18.2 million network-layer distributed denial-of-service attacks in Q3 2026, a 208% increase over the same period in 2025.
Cloudflare Blocks 18.2 Million DDoS Attacks The company also blocked 14.4 trillion HTTP DDoS requests between July and September.
Network-layer attacks averaged approximately 8,226 per hour, demonstrating the sustained operational pressure facing defenders.
According to the supplied report, 96% of network-layer attacks ended within ten minutes, while 98% remained below one gigabit per second.
Connectionless Lightweight Directory Access Protocol attacks declined 99.5% quarter over quarter, accounting for just 0.05% of network-layer attacks.