Most attacked computer ports revealed
Akamai released its Q3 2012 State of the Internet report recently, revealing that port 445 (Microsoft-DS) has been the top targeted port amoung cyber attackers.
The report drew data collected by Akamai’s distributed set of agents deployed across the Internet that monitors attack traffic.
The report showed that during the third quarter of 2012, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 180 unique countries or regions, down from 188 in the prior quarter.
Nearly 51% of observed attack traffic originated in the Asia Pacific/Oceania region, just under 25% in Europe, just over 23% in North and South America, and slightly more than 1% from Africa.
Most attacked computer ports
According to the report, Port 445 (Microsoft-DS) remained the most targeted port since mid-2008, receiving 30 percent of observed attack traffic. Port 23 (Telnet) was a distant second at only 7.6 percent.
“Port 445 remained the most targeted port in eight of the top 10 countries, accounting for as many as 109 times (in Romania) the number of attacks seen by the next most targeted port,” the report stated.
Attack traffic of top ports
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