Monthly Web Application Firewall Analysis for June 2024

This document is a Monthly Web Application Firewall Analysis report for June 2024, detailing web application attacks detected and mitigated by Vercara's UltraWAF service. The report outlines a decrease in overall web requests and malicious traffic, with notable increases in bot traffic and specific threat categories. The report indicates that the Origin Server Mismatch Error threat category saw a significant rise of 448.38%, suggesting potential configuration issues. The Signature Match threat category remained the most prevalent, accounting for 39.59% of all malicious traffic. The report also provides statistics on total web requests, WAF violations, and the industries most targeted by attacks. It highlights the Technology/Security industry as the primary target, followed by Financial and Travel/Hospitality sectors. Additionally, the document presents insights into attack trends, categorized by type and source country, emphasizing the United States as the leading source of malicious traffic during this period.