DDoS attacks even more dangerous according to the last report published by Akamai Technologies. The number of attacks by DDoS doubled in Q1 2015 compared with Q1 2014. The report mentions also a possible evolution of the attacks with the adoption of the IPv6 protocol. The attackers practically every attack technique, including Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP), SYN floods, DNS, ICMP, etc. are reported DDoS attack types:Mega attacks that reached more than 100 Gigabits per second, with a peak of 170 Gbps.”]
Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/36983/security/akamai-ddos-q1-2015.html