During the 2nd quarter of 2008:
- Japan and the US were the top sources of attack traffic according to Akamai, accounting for over 50% of observed traffic. Port 445 saw the most attacks, likely due to worms targeting the Microsoft DS port.
- Several major websites and hosting providers experienced outages, including Amazon, Slashdot, Google, and Amazon Web Services. Hundreds of thousands of websites were also hacked through SQL injections.
- South Korea had the highest percentage of high-speed broadband connections internationally, while Delaware had the highest in the US at over 65% above 5 Mbps. Rwanda and the Solomon Islands had the slowest connections internationally, while Washington DC and Washington State had
Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai's global server network about attack traffic, connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, as well as trends seen in this data over time. It will also aggregate publicly available news and information about notable events seen throughout the quarter.
Each quarter, Akamai will be publishing a quarterly “State of the Internet” report. This report will include data gathered from across Akamai’s global server network about attack traffic and broadband adoption, as well as trends seen in this data over time. It will also aggregate publicly available news and information about notable events seen throughout the quarter, including Denial of Service attacks, Web site hacks, and network events, including outages
and new connections.
During the fourth quarter of 2008, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 193
unique countries around the world. The United States and China were the two largest attack traffic sources, accounting for over 42% of observed traffic in total. Akamai observed attack traffic targeted at more than 20,000 unique ports, with the top 10 ports seeing over 77% of the observed attack traffic. Web site hacks and Web-based exploits were regularly in the news
during the quarter, as was a proof-of-concept exploit for a vulnerability in SSL, the underlying mechanism that secures financial and retail transactions, among others, across the Web.
Notable network outages in the fourth quarter were due to submarine cables in the
Mediterranean being severed, as well as two major Internet backbone providers de-peering
their networks from one another. Notable Web site outages in the fourth quarter were
attributed to increased traffic, hardware failure, and power outages.
Global connectivity advanced in the fourth quarter, with the commercial launch or
announcement of WiMAX and 3G broadband services in a number of countries, the launch
of higher speed cable broadband services based on DOCSIS 3.0, and additional fiber-to-thehome services that will bring extremely high-speed connections to subscribers in Switzerland,
Brazil, India, Spain, Italy, and Russia.
Akamai observed a nearly six percent increase (from the third quarter 2008) globally in the
number of unique IP addresses connecting to Akamai’s network, and a 28% increase from
the end of 2007. From a global connection speed perspective, South Korea had the highest
levels of “high broadband” (>5 Mbps) connectivity for the fourth consecutive quarter, and
the highest average connection speed, at 15 Mbps. In the United States, Delaware also
maintained its top position, with 62% of connections to Akamai occurring at 5 Mbps or
greater, and the highest average connection speed in the United States, at 7.3 Mbps. Looking
at observed “narrowband” (<256 Kbps) connections, Mayotte and Equatorial Guinea were
the “slowest” countries, with 98% and 96% of connections to Akamai, respectively, occurring
at speeds below 256 Kbps. In the United States, the District of Columbia continued to have
the highest percentage of observed connections below 256 Kbps. However, this was down
nearly seven percent from the prior quarter, and over 42% from the end of 2007
Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai's global server network about attack traffic, average & maximum connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, and mobile usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time.
For more State of the Internet reports, please visit: http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/
Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai's global server network about attack traffic, connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, as well as trends seen in this data over time. It will also aggregate publicly available news and information about notable events seen throughout the quarter.
Each quarter, Akamai will be publishing a quarterly “State of the Internet” report. This report will include data gathered from across Akamai’s global server network about attack traffic and broadband adoption, as well as trends seen in this data over time. It will also aggregate publicly available news and information about notable events seen throughout the quarter, including Denial of Service attacks, Web site hacks, and network events, including outages
and new connections.
During the fourth quarter of 2008, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 193
unique countries around the world. The United States and China were the two largest attack traffic sources, accounting for over 42% of observed traffic in total. Akamai observed attack traffic targeted at more than 20,000 unique ports, with the top 10 ports seeing over 77% of the observed attack traffic. Web site hacks and Web-based exploits were regularly in the news
during the quarter, as was a proof-of-concept exploit for a vulnerability in SSL, the underlying mechanism that secures financial and retail transactions, among others, across the Web.
Notable network outages in the fourth quarter were due to submarine cables in the
Mediterranean being severed, as well as two major Internet backbone providers de-peering
their networks from one another. Notable Web site outages in the fourth quarter were
attributed to increased traffic, hardware failure, and power outages.
Global connectivity advanced in the fourth quarter, with the commercial launch or
announcement of WiMAX and 3G broadband services in a number of countries, the launch
of higher speed cable broadband services based on DOCSIS 3.0, and additional fiber-to-thehome services that will bring extremely high-speed connections to subscribers in Switzerland,
Brazil, India, Spain, Italy, and Russia.
Akamai observed a nearly six percent increase (from the third quarter 2008) globally in the
number of unique IP addresses connecting to Akamai’s network, and a 28% increase from
the end of 2007. From a global connection speed perspective, South Korea had the highest
levels of “high broadband” (>5 Mbps) connectivity for the fourth consecutive quarter, and
the highest average connection speed, at 15 Mbps. In the United States, Delaware also
maintained its top position, with 62% of connections to Akamai occurring at 5 Mbps or
greater, and the highest average connection speed in the United States, at 7.3 Mbps. Looking
at observed “narrowband” (<256 Kbps) connections, Mayotte and Equatorial Guinea were
the “slowest” countries, with 98% and 96% of connections to Akamai, respectively, occurring
at speeds below 256 Kbps. In the United States, the District of Columbia continued to have
the highest percentage of observed connections below 256 Kbps. However, this was down
nearly seven percent from the prior quarter, and over 42% from the end of 2007
Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai's global server network about attack traffic, average & maximum connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, and mobile usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time.
For more State of the Internet reports, please visit: http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/
Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai's global server network about attack traffic, average & maximum connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, and mobile usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time.
For more State of the Internet reports, please visit: http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/
Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai's global server network about attack traffic, average & maximum connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, and mobile usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time.
For more State of the Internet reports, please visit: http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/
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Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai's global server network about attack traffic, average & maximum connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, and mobile usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time.
For previous reports and report-related infographics, please visit:
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Each quarter, Akamai publishes a quarterly "State of the Internet" report. This report includes data gathered across Akamai's global server network about attack traffic, average & maximum connection speeds, Internet penetration and broadband adoption, and mobile usage, as well as trends seen in this data over time.
For previous reports and report-related infographics, please visit: http://www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet/
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For previous reports and report-related infographics, please visit:
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Whitepapers Akamai State Of The Internet Q2 2008
1. Volume 1, Number 2
2nd Quarter, 2008
The State of
the Internet
PORT
RE
2. Executive Summary
Each quarter, Akamai will be publishing a quarterly “State of the Internet” report. This
report will include data gathered across Akamai’s global server network about attack traffic
and broadband adoption, as well as trends seen in this data over time. It will also aggregate
publicly available news and information about notable events seen throughout the quarter,
including Denial of Service attacks, Web site hacks, and network events.
During the second quarter of 2008, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 139
unique countries around the world. Japan and the United States were the two largest attack
traffic sources, accounting for over 50% of observed traffic in total. Akamai observed attack
traffic targeted at over 400 unique network ports. Many of the ports that saw the highest
levels of attack traffic were targeted by worms, viruses, and bots that spread across the
Internet several years ago. In addition, “SQL injection” Web site hacks continued to spread,
infecting hundreds of thousands of Web pages.
Several significant Web site outages occurred during the second quarter, including problems
at Amazon.com’s e-commerce site, Slashdot.org, and several large shared hosting providers,
as well as the “cloud computing” platforms delivered by Google and Amazon.com.
Akamai observed that from a global perspective, South Korea continued to have the highest
measured levels of “high broadband” (>5 Mbps) connectivity. In the United States, Delaware
once again topped the list, with over 65% of connections to Akamai occurring at 5 Mbps
or greater. At the other end of the bandwidth spectrum, Rwanda and the Solomon Islands
continued to top the list of slowest countries, with 93% or more of the connections to Akamai
from both countries occurring at below 256 Kbps. In the United States, Washington State
and the District of Columbia turned in the highest percentages of sub-256 Kbps connections.
However, in contrast to the international measurements, these states only saw 21% and 16%
of connections below 256 Kbps, respectively.
4. Section 2: Security
Akamai maintains a distributed set of agents deployed across the Internet that serve to monitor 1
http://www.grc.com/ While it is likely a contributing factor, there does not appear to be a clear and obvious link
port_445.htm
attack traffic. Based on the data collected by these agents, Akamai is able to identify the top between the availability of high-speed connectivity and the likelihood that a country is a
countries from which attack traffic originates, as well as the top ports targeted by these attacks. 2
http://isc.sans.org/port. leading source of attack traffic. Of the top 10 countries listed in the table above, only Japan,
(Ports are network layer protocol identifiers.) This section, in part, provides insight into Internet html?port=445 the United States, and South Korea are also included in the Top 10 lists for High Broadband
attack traffic, as observed and measured by Akamai, during the second quarter of 2008. While (>5 Mbps, Section 5.1) or Broadband (>2 Mbps, Section 5.3) International Countries.
some quarter-over-quarter trending may be discussed, it is expected that both the top countries However, greater levels of Internet usage may account for higher levels of attack traffic,
and top ports will change on a quarterly basis. as six countries in the list above (the United States, China, Japan, Germany, France, and
South Korea) can also be found in the Top 10 list of unique IP addresses seen by Akamai
This section also includes information on selected DDoS attacks, Web site hacking attempts, and (SectionTRAFFIC
% 4.1).
DNS hijackings as published in the media during the second quarter of 2008. These published
Other 22.04
reports indicate that DDoS attacks and Web site hacking attempts continued unabated in the 2.2 Attack Traffic, Top Target Ports
second quarter. There were also a number of high-profile DNS hijackings. Note that Akamai does During the second quarter of 2008, Akamai observed attack traffic targeted at over 400
not release information on attacks on specific customer sites and that selected published reports unique ports, a nearly twenty-fold increase from the first quarter. Some of the attack traffic
Japan 30.07
Poland 1.58
are simply compiled here. Russia 1.64 targeted services on well known ports, with others appearing to be more arbitrarily selected.
France 1.89
Although the port distribution was fairly large, the bulk of the traffic was fairly concentrated,
Taiwan 2.21
2.1 Attack Traffic, Top Originating Countries S. Korea 2.25 as the Top 10 targeted ports saw over 85% of the observed attack traffic.
During the second quarter of 2008, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 139 unique Ukraine 2.34
countries around the world, up from 125 countries in the first quarter. Japan, the United States, Germany 5.56 The most attacked port in the first quarter, Port 135, fell to second place in the second
and China were the three largest traffic sources respectively. Japan jumped to first place in the quarter. This quarter, Port 445 took the top spot, seeing just over 28% of the observed
second quarter, up from seventh in the first quarter. China fell from first place to third place, and attack traffic. This port is 21.52 for directory services on Microsoft operating systems (hence,
China 8.90
U.S. used
the United States maintained the second-place spot, originating 50% more attack traffic than the Microsoft-DS designation), and was intended to replace the NetBIOS trio of ports (137-
in the first quarter. The trend in attack traffic distribution appears to be fairly consistent with the 139), for all versions of Windows after NT, as the preferred port for carrying Windows file
first quarter, as the top 10 countries were again responsible for just over three-quarters of the sharing and numerous other services.1 Back in 2005, a number of worms generated heavy
measured attack traffic. traffic to this port, effectively creating Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, and the port was also
probed by the Sasser worm in 2004 in an effort to exploit a known vulnerability.2
9
Country % Traffic Q1 08 % 10 % TRAFFIC
Destination Port Use % Traffic Q1 08 %
1 Japan 30.07 3.56 Other 13.27 Port
2 united States 21.52 14.33 4 1 445 microsoft-dS 28.44 11.02
Symantec System Center Agents 1.20
3 china 8.90 16.77
4 Germany 5.56 1.58 8 5 Telnet 1.23 Microsoft DS 28.44 135 microsoft-rpc 26.43 29.66
VNC Server 2.20 139 netbIoS 11.55 13.27
5 ukraine 2.34 0.41 NetBIOS Name Service 2.73