Akamai – State of The Internet Report Q3 2008
Some interesting highlights:
- The top 3 ports at which attacks were directed were Microsoft DS (449), NetBIOS (139) and Microsoft RPC (135). These 3 ports accounted for more than 50% of the attack traffic out of the 2400 ports at which attacks were directed.
- Vulnerabilities were found in core Internet protocols such as TCP, DNS and BGP and were being actively exploited.
- Asian countries improved their Internet connectivity with the rest of the world as new undersea cables were commisioned
- The Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark) have the most internet penetration and but Far-East Asian countries (South Korea and Japan) had the fastest broadband connectivity.
More detailed information is available in the downloadable PDF