First round of French election: party attacks and a modest traffic dip
2024-07-03
How Cloudflare mitigated DDoS attacks targeting French political parties during the 2024 legislative elections, as detailed in our ongoing election coverage...
How the first 2024 US presidential debate influenced Internet traffic and security trends
2024-06-28
See how the first 2024 US presidential debate between Biden and Trump influenced Internet traffic patterns, email trends, and heightened cybersecurity concerns across digital platforms...
How the UEFA Euro 2024 football games are impacting local Internet traffic
2024-06-21
Discover how UEFA Euro 2024 is shifting Internet traffic patterns during games across Europe with insights into traffic drops and cybersecurity concerns during national team games...
Exploring the 2024 EU Election: Internet traffic trends and cybersecurity insights
2024-06-10
The 2024 EU Parliament election caused declines in Internet traffic during voting and spikes during results announcements, with persistent cyber threats targeting government sites...
Internet insights on 2024 elections in the Netherlands, South Africa, Iceland, India, and Mexico
2024-06-07
2024 brings a global increase in election activity. Here, we highlight traffic and cyberattack trends witnessed in countries like the Netherlands, South Africa, Iceland, India, and Mexico. Additionally, we provide an up-to-date 2024 Election Insights report on Cloudflare Radar...
Dutch political websites hit by cyber attacks as EU voting starts
2024-06-06
The 2024 European Parliament election began in the Netherlands on June 6. Cloudflare mitigated several multi-hour DDoS attacks on Dutch political websites on June 5 and 6...
An Internet traffic analysis during Iran's April 13, 2024, attack on Israel
2024-04-14
On April 13, 2024, Iran launched a retaliatory attack on Israel. We examined its potential impact on Internet traffic and attacks. While there were some shifts in traffic, we haven't observed any large-scale cyberattacks on Israeli domains protected by Cloudflare....
Total eclipse of the Internet: traffic impacts in Mexico, the US, and Canada
2024-04-09
Cloudflare’s data shows a clear impact on Internet traffic from Mexico to the US, and Canada, following the path of totality of the total solar eclipse that occurred on April 8, 2024 ...
From .com to .beauty: The evolving threat landscape of unwanted email
2024-03-26
In this 2023-early 2024 email analysis, we examine how certain generic Top-Level Domains (TLDs) are primarily used for spam and phishing, and their evolution over a year. There are many trends in email threats to examine...
Undersea cable failures cause Internet disruptions for multiple African countries
2024-03-14
Internet connectivity in several African countries was disrupted on March 14, 2024, beginning at approximately 05:00 UTC. Based on published reports and social media posts from impacted network providers, the disruption is believed to be due to multiple undersea cable failures in the region...
From Google to Generative AI: ranking top Internet services in 2023
2023-12-12
Building on similar reports we’ve done over the past two years, we have compiled a ranking of the top Internet properties of 2023...
Cyber Week: analyzing Internet traffic and e-commerce trends
2023-11-28
How significant are Cyber Week days on the Internet? Is it a global phenomenon? Does e-commerce interest peak on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, and are attacks increasing during this time? These questions are important to retailers and stakeholders around the world. ...
Do hackers eat turkey? And other Thanksgiving Internet trends
2023-11-24
Offline for turkey time: Which US states logged off on Thanksgiving Day? Is there a difference between coastal and central states? Do hackers take a Thanksgiving break? Are food delivery services gaining or losing traffic? We answer those questions and more...
Internet traffic patterns in Israel and Palestine following the October 2023 attacks
2023-10-09
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, attacks from the Palestinian group Hamas launched from the Gaza Strip against the south of Israel started a new conflict in the region. Cloudflare's data shows that Internet traffic was impacted in different ways...
Typo traps: analyzing traffic to exmaple.com (or is it example.com?)
2023-09-22
Cloudflare has owned exmaple.com for a few years now, but don’t confuse it with example.com! example.com is a reserved domain name set by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), under the direction of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)...
Cloudflare Radar’s 2023 overview of new tools and insights
2023-08-31
In this reading list, we want to highlight some of the new additions to Radar, as well as some of the Internet disruptions and trends we’ve observed and published posts about during this year...
An August reading list about online security and 2023 attacks landscape
2023-08-21
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...
How the coronation of King Charles III affected Internet traffic
2023-05-10
As the coronation ceremony unfolded, on Saturday morning, May 6, 2023, there were clear spikes and dips in traffic, each coinciding with key moments of the ceremony...
Effects of the conflict in Sudan on Internet patterns
2023-05-02
On Saturday, April 15, 2023, an armed conflict between rival factions of the military government of Sudan began. Cloudflare observed a disruption in Internet traffic on that Saturday, starting at 08:00 UTC, which deepened on Sunday...
How Easter, Passover and Ramadan show up in Internet trends
2023-04-19
How Easter (including Orthodox Easter), Passover & Ramadan affected 2023 Internet traffic...