I | F A S T E R F O R W A R D TM Web Attacks than 5 million. Mexico and Argentina held the 4th and 5th positions in the Americas, with attack counts in the hundreds of thousands, as opposed to the millions seen in the top three. China, India, and Japan maintained their rankings this quarter as the top three attack source countries in the Asia Pacific region. In first place regionally and third place globally, China had more than 28 million alerts recorded in q4, up from 22 million in q3. Meanwhile, Australia moved into the top five, supplanting South Korea with 2.5 million attacks recorded. The United States remained firmly in first place as the top target country for web application attacks, with more than 238 million attack triggers recorded in q4, down from 323 million in q3. Although the United States continued to be the largest target country by far, its 29% quarter-over-quarter drop in recorded attacks outpaced the global 9% drop in attacks. Meanwhile, Brazil remained in second place as Source Countries for Web Application Attacks — Worldwide, Q4 2017 Figure 3-2: The United States tops the list for source countries for web application attacks in Q4 2017 Country Attacks Sourced Percentage United States 128,013,378 32.0% Netherlands 47,433,432 11.9% China 28,171,775 7.1% Brazil 22,945,844 5.7% Russia 18,370,802 4.6% Ukraine 17,182,960 4.3% India 16,489,773 4.1% Germany 13,046,096 3.3% United Kingdom 12,790,735 3.2% Canada 12,634,269 3.2% <100,000 1M – 5M 10M – 25M 5M – 10M NA >25M 100K - 1M Web Application Attack Source Countries — EMEA, Q4 2017 Figure 3-3: The Netherlands claimed the top spot for source countries in EMEA Country Attacks Sourced Global Rank Netherlands 47,433,432 2 Russia 18,370,802 5 Ukraine 17,192,960 6 Germany 13,046,096 8 United Kingdom 12,790,735 9 <100,000 1M – 5M 5M – 10M NA 100,000 – 1M than 5 million. Mexico and Argentina held the 4th and 5th positions in the Americas, with attack counts in the hundreds of thousands, as opposed to the millions seen in the top three. China, India, and Japan maintained their rankings this quarter as the top three attack source countries in the Asia Pacific region. In first place regionally and third place globally, China had more than 28 million alerts recorded in q4, up from 22 million in q3. Meanwhile, Australia moved into the top five, supplanting South Korea with 2.5 million attacks recorded. The United States remained firmly in first place as the top target country for web application attacks, with more than 238 million attack triggers recorded in q4, down from 323 million in q3. Although the United States continued to be the largest target country by far, its 29% quarter-over-quarter drop in recorded attacks outpaced the global 9% drop in attacks. Meanwhile, Brazil remained in second place as Source Countries for Web Application Attacks — Worldwide, Q4 2017 Country Attacks Sourced Percentage United States 128,013,378 32.0% Netherlands 47,433,432 11.9% China 28,171,775 7.1% Brazil 22,945,844 5.7% Russia 18,370,802 4.6% Ukraine 17,182,960 4.3% India 16,489,773 4.1% Germany 13,046,096 3.3% United Kingdom 12,790,735 3.2% Canada 12,634,269 3.2% <100,000 1M – 5M 10M – 25M 5M – 10M NA >25M 100K - 1M Web Application Attack Source Countries — EMEA, Q4 2017 Figure 3-3: The Netherlands claimed the top spot for source countries in EMEA Country Attacks Sourced Global Rank Netherlands 47,433,432 2 Russia 18,370,802 5 Ukraine 17,192,960 6 Germany 13,046,096 8 United Kingdom 12,790,735 9 <100,000 1M – 5M 5M – 10M NA 100,000 – 1M