Monthly Web Application Firewall Analysis for May 2024

This document is a technical report summarizing the web application attacks detected and mitigated by Vercara's UltraWAF during May 2024. It outlines the overall web request traffic, noting a total of over 1.05 billion requests, which reflects a 7.12% decrease from the previous month. Of these, 49.03% were identified as malicious, indicating a 14.94% decline in malicious traffic. The report details various attack categories, with the Signature Match category being the most prevalent, accounting for 67.06% of malicious traffic. It also highlights a significant increase in bot traffic, which constituted 1.11% of all web requests, marking a 21.01% rise. The report further categorizes attacks by industry, with the Technology/Security sector facing the majority of attacks at 93.81%. The United States was identified as the leading source of malicious traffic, contributing 94.29% of the total. Additionally, the report discusses trends in attack statistics and notable payloads observed during the month.