Summary
The Q1 2025 Fastly Threat Insights Report is a comprehensive analysis of security trends, attack vectors, and threat activities affecting the application security landscape. It draws on data from Fastly's Next-Gen WAF, Bot Management, and DDoS Protection products, which collectively protect over 130,000 applications and APIs. The report outlines significant findings, including that 37% of observed traffic came from bots and that attacks on the commerce industry doubled compared to the previous year. It highlights Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) as the most prevalent attack type, accounting for 40% of all attacks in Q1 2025. The report also discusses the role of Fastly's Network Learning Exchange (NLX) in identifying malicious IP addresses, revealing that 28% of attacks originated from these flagged IPs. The insights provided aim to equip security teams with real-time data to better understand and respond to emerging threats in various industries, including high technology and commerce.
