Cloudflare Reports 18.2 Million Network-Layer DDoS Attacks in Q3 2026, Up 38%

Cloudflare reported 18.2 million network-layer, or L3, distributed denial-of-service attacks and 14.4 trillion HTTP DDoS requests in the third quarter of 2026. The number of L3 attacks increased by 38% compared with the second quarter of 2026.