Application Security Report: Q2 2023
August 21, 2023 2:15 PM
We are back with a quarterly update of our Application Security report. Read on to learn about new attack trends and insights visible from Cloudflare’s global network...
An August reading list about online security and 2023 attacks landscape
August 21, 2023 1:00 PM
Here is a reading list with 2023 trends, what you need to know about attacks, and a guide on how to stay protected using Cloudflare...
DDoS threat report for 2023 Q2
July 18, 2023 1:00 PM
Q2 2023 saw an unprecedented escalation in DDoS attack sophistication. Pro-Russian hacktivists REvil, Killnet and Anonymous Sudan joined forces to attack Western sites. Mitel vulnerability exploits surged by a whopping 532%, and attacks on crypto rocketed up by 600%....
SLP: a new DDoS amplification vector in the wild
April 25, 2023 1:07 PM
Researchers have recently published the discovery of a new DDoS reflection/amplification attack vector leveraging the SLP protocol. Cloudflare expects the prevalence of SLP-based DDoS attacks to rise in the coming weeks...
Introducing Cloudflare’s new Network Analytics dashboard
April 12, 2023 1:49 PM
Learn how the new and improved Network Analytics dashboard provides security professionals insights into their DDoS attack and traffic landscape...
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February 13, 2023 6:37 PM
Cloudflare mitigates record-breaking 71 million request-per-second DDoS attack
This was a weekend of record-breaking DDoS attacks. Over the weekend, Cloudflare detected and mitigated dozens of hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks. The majority of attacks peaked in the ballpark of 50-70 million requests per second (rps) with the largest exceeding 71 million rps...
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February 02, 2023 6:02 AM
Uptick in healthcare organizations experiencing targeted DDoS attacks
Over the past few days, Cloudflare, as well as other sources, have observed healthcare organizations targeted by a pro-Russian hacktivist group claiming to be Killnet. ...
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January 10, 2023 1:00 PM
Cloudflare DDoS threat report for 2022 Q4
In Q4, Cloudflare mitigated millions of DDoS attacks. Attack durations increase, volumetric attacks surged, and ransom DDoS attacks persist. Travel & events industries were hit hardest and over 90% of traffic to Chinese Internet properties were L3/4 DDoS attacks. Read more on our...
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October 12, 2022 1:00 PM
Cloudflare DDoS threat report 2022 Q3
In Q3, DDoS attacks increased by 111% YoY, Cloudflare auto-mitigated a 2.5 Tbps attack targeting a Minecraft server as multi-terabit scale DDoS attacks become increasingly frequent. Read more in our 2022 Q3 DDoS Report...
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September 29, 2022 1:00 PM
Back in 2017 we gave you Unmetered DDoS Mitigation, here's a birthday gift: Unmetered Rate Limiting for Self Serve customers
Starting today, Free, Pro and Business plans include Rate Limiting rules without additional charges....
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September 28, 2022 1:00 PM
Introducing Cloudflare’s free Botnet Threat Feed for service providers
We’re pleased to introduce Cloudflare’s free Botnet Threat Feed for Service Providers. This includes all types of service providers, ranging from hosting providers to ISPs and cloud compute providers....
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September 27, 2022 2:15 PM
Cloudflare named a Leader in WAF by Forrester
Forester has recognised Cloudflare as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Web Application Firewalls, Q3 2022 report. The report evaluated 12 Web Application Firewall (WAF) providers on 24 criteria across current offering, strategy and market presence....
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September 19, 2022 2:00 PM
Introducing Advanced DDoS Alerts
Cloudflare’s Advanced DDoS Alerts provide tailored and actionable notifications in real-time...
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September 19, 2022 1:45 PM
Introducing Cloudflare Adaptive DDoS Protection - our new traffic profiling system for mitigating DDoS attacks
Cloudflare’s new Adaptive DDoS Protection system learns your unique traffic patterns and constantly adapts to protect you against sophisticated DDoS attacks...
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September 06, 2022 4:15 PM
Cloudflare named a Leader by Gartner
Gartner has recognised Cloudflare as a Leader in the 2022 "Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)" report that evaluated 11 vendors for their ‘ability to execute’ and ‘completeness of vision’...
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August 11, 2022 1:00 PM
2022 attacks! An August reading list to go “Shields Up”
In 2022, cybersecurity, more than ever, is a must-have for those who don’t want to take chances on getting caught in a cyberattack with difficult to deal with consequences. Here’s a reading list what you need to know about attacks that is also a guide on how to be protected...
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July 14, 2022 1:00 PM
Mantis - the most powerful botnet to date
We named the botnet that launched the 26M rps (requests per second) DDoS attack "Mantis" as it is also like the Mantis shrimp, small but very powerful...
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July 11, 2022 12:57 PM
Introducing Location-Aware DDoS Protection
Location-Aware DDoS Protection is now available in beta for Cloudflare Enterprise customers that are subscribed to the Advanced DDoS service...
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July 06, 2022 12:55 PM
DDoS attack trends for 2022 Q2
Welcome to our 2022 Q2 DDoS report. This report includes insights and trends about the DDoS threat landscape — as observed across the global Cloudflare network...
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