VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2

2ND QUARTER, 2013 ExECUTIVE SUMMARy

The State of the Internet

Executive Summary

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Akamai’s globally-distributed Intelligent Platform allows us to gather massive amounts of information on many metrics, including connection speeds, attack traffic, network connectivity/availability/latency problems, and IPv6 growth/transition progress, as well as traffic patterns across leading Web sites and digital media providers. Each quarter, Akamai publishes the State of the Internet Report.

This quarter’s report includes data gathered from across the

Akamai Intelligent Platform in the second quarter of 2013 about

attack traffic, broadband adoption, and mobile connectivity, as

well as trends seen in this data over time. In addition, this edition

of the report includes insight into attacks for which a group

known as the Syrian Electronic Army has claimed responsibility,

the states of IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 adoption, Internet

disruptions that occurred during the quarter and observations

from Akamai partner Ericsson on data and voice traffic growth

on mobile networks.

Security

During the second quarter of 2013, Akamai observed attack

traffic originating from source IP addresses in 175 unique

countries/regions. Note that our methodology captures the

source IP address of an observed attack and cannot determine

attribution of an attacker. Indonesia grew its share of observed

attack traffic, nearly doubling from the first quarter, growing to

38% and pushing China down to second place, with 33% of

observed attack traffic. Attack traffic from the United States once

again declined, dropping to 6.9%. Attack traffic continued to

become more concentrated, with the top 10 ports seeing 82% of

observed attacks. Thanks to the increased attack traffic seen from

Indonesia, Ports 80 and 443 were the most commonly targeted

ports, accounting for 41% of observed attacks combined. Port

445, the perennial top target, fell from first place for the first time

since the first quarter of 2008, dropping to 15% of observed

attacks. During the second quarter, Akamai’s customers reported

being targeted by 318 DDoS attacks, 54% more than the prior

quarter. Enterprise customers were the most frequently targeted,

hit by 42% of the reported attacks. In addition, a group known as

the Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility for a number of

attacks launched against high-profile news and media sites.

Internet and Broadband Adoption

In the second quarter, Akamai observed a 2.0% increase

in the number of unique IPv4 addresses connecting to the

Akamai Intelligent Platform, growing to over 752 million, or

approximately 18 million more than were seen in the first

quarter of 2013. Looking at connection speeds, the global

average connection speed climbed 5.2% to 3.3 Mbps, but the

global average peak connection speed increased just 0.1% to

18.9 Mbps. At a country level, South Korea had the highest

average connection speed at 13.3 Mbps, while Hong Kong

once again remained the region with the highest average peak

connection speed at 65.1 Mbps. Globally, high broadband (>10

Mbps) adoption grew 13% quarter-over-quarter to 14%, and

South Korea remained the country with the highest level of

high broadband adoption, declining slightly to 45%. Global

broadband (>4 Mbps) adoption grew 11% to reach the 50%

mark, with Switzerland remaining in the top spot with 90%

broadband adoption.

Mobile Connectivity

In the second quarter of 2013, average connection speeds on

surveyed mobile network providers ranged from a high of 9.7

Mbps down to a low of 0.5 Mbps. Average peak connection

speeds ranged from 54.9 Mbps down to 2.2 Mbps. Based on

traffic data collected by Ericsson, the volume of mobile data

traffic almost doubled from the second quarter of 2012 to the

second quarter of 2013, and grew 14% between the first and

second quarters of 2013, while mobile voice traffic increased 5%

from the second quarter of 2012 to the second quarter of 2013.

Analysis of Akamai IO data collected across the second quarter

from a sample of requests to the Akamai Intelligent Platform

indicates that for users of devices on cellular networks, slightly

more requests came from Android Webkit-based browsers than

from Apple Mobile Safari, with Webkit accounting for 38% of

requests, and Safari 34%. However, for users of mobile devices

across all networks (not just cellular), Apple Mobile Safari

accounted for just over 54% of requests, with Android Webkit

approximately half that, at over 27% of requests.

What kinds of Web sites/applications are being targeted by DDoS attacks?

The number of DDoS attacks reported by customers in Asia nearly tripled in the second quarter, while customers in the Americas

accounted for nearly two-thirds of all attacks reported to Akamai. The number of attacks targeting customers in the Enterprise

sector nearly doubled in the second quarter, with attacks largely concentrated on customers in the Business Services and Financial

Services verticals. However, Web sites and applications in all sectors, across all geographic regions, are potential attack targets.

Have you taken steps to protect your mission critical Web sites and applications from DDoS attacks?

Have you made your Web sites/applications available over IPv6?

Peak daily IPv6 request volume on the Akamai Intelligent Platform grew by nearly 40% in the second quarter as an increasing

number of both mobile and fixed users around the world gained native IPv6 connectivity. As available IPv4 address space is

becoming an increasingly scarce resource across the Internet, making content available over IPv6 is becoming increasingly

important. Do you have plans and timelines for IPv6 adoption within your organization? Do you have plans and timelines for

making all of your Web-facing content accessible over IPv6, in addition to IPv4?

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To read the full 2nd Quarter, 2013 State of the Internet Report on broadband adoption, connection speeds, Internet penetration, mobile usage, attack traffic, and more, or to use the associated data visualization tools, go to: www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet

Americas202

EMEA37

Asia Pacific79

Q2 2013 DDoS Attacks by Region

Enterprise134

Commerce91

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High Tech23

Public Sector17

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AcknowledgementsEDITOR: David Belson CONTRIBUTOR: Michael Smith CONTRIBUTOR: Svante Bergqvist (Ericsson)

ART DIRECTOR: Brendan O’Hara CONTRIBUTOR: Martin McKeay CONTRIBUTOR: Mathias Sintorn (Ericsson)

GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Jason Thornton CONTRIBUTOR: Martin Levy (Hurricane Electric)

CONTRIBUTOR: Jon Thompson CONTRIBUTOR: Geoff Huston (APNIC)

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