Radware report shows web DDoS attacks jump 110.6% in H1 2026
RDWR•Radware flags sharp rise in cyberattacks across multiple layers
Radware’s H1 2026 threat report flagged a sharp acceleration in cyberattacks across web, network, application, and API layers.
- Web DDoS mitigations rose 110.6% versus H1 2025; straight-line extrapolation implied a potential 166% year-over-year increase in 2026.
- Network-layer DDoS averaged 110 attacks per customer per day, up 36.6% from the 2025 baseline; direct-path UDP floods dominated traffic.
- Malicious web application and API transactions climbed 104% from 2025 levels, topping 14,000 per application per day; 62.1% were tied to vulnerability exploitation.
- Mean time from CVE disclosure to first observed exploitation fell below zero; zero-day exploitation rate exceeded 80%.
