A Brief History of the Meris Botnet
November 09, 2021 12:59 PM
Over the past months, we’ve been tracking and analyzing the activity of the Meris botnet....
DDoS Attack Trends for Q3 2021
November 04, 2021 12:58 PM
In Q3, 2021 we saw and mitigated record-setting HTTP DDoS attacks, terabit-strong network layer attacks, one of the largest botnets ever deployed (Meris), and more recently, ransom attacks on Voice-over-IP (VoIP) service providers....
Update on recent VoIP attacks: What should I do if I’m attacked?
October 07, 2021 2:20 AM
Because of the sustained attacks we are observing, we are sharing details on recent attack patterns, what steps they should take before an attack, and what to do after an attack has taken place....
May I ask who’s calling, please? A recent rise in VoIP DDoS attacks
October 01, 2021 12:05 AM
Over the past month, multiple Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers have been targeted by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks from entities claiming to be REvil. ...
How to customize your HTTP DDoS protection settings
September 20, 2021 12:59 PM
We’re excited to announce the availability of the HTTP DDoS Managed Ruleset. This new feature allows Cloudflare customers to independently tailor their HTTP DDoS protection settings. ...
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July 20, 2021 2:07 PM
DDoS attack trends for 2021 Q2
The DDoS attack trends observed over Cloudflare’s network in 2021 Q2 paint a picture that reflects the overall global cyber threat landscape. Here are some highlights of DDoS attack trends observed in 2021 Q2. ...
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April 19, 2021 11:00 AM
DDoS attack trends for 2021 Q1
Today, along with this deep-dive analysis blog, we’re excited to announce the new Radar DDoS Report page, our first fully automated data notebook built on top of Jupyter, Clickhouse, and Workers....
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March 23, 2021 1:00 PM
Anatomy of a Targeted Ransomware Attack
Imagine your most critical systems suddenly stop operating. And then someone demands a ransom to get your systems working again. Or someone launches a DDoS against you and demands a ransom to make it stop. That’s the world of ransomware and ransom DDoS....
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March 18, 2021 2:18 PM
A deep-dive into Cloudflare’s autonomous edge DDoS protection
Introducing our autonomous DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) protection system, globally deployed to all of Cloudflare’s 200+ data centers, and is actively protecting all our customers against DDoS attacks across layers 3 to 7 (in the OSI model) without requiring any human int...
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March 02, 2021 5:41 PM
Cloudflare recognized as a 'Leader' in The Forrester Wave for DDoS Mitigation Solutions
Cloudflare is named a ‘Leader’ in Forrester Wave™ for DDoS Mitigation Solutions, Q1 2021...
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February 26, 2021 11:00 PM
Flow-based monitoring for Magic Transit
Today, we’re announcing new functionality to improve the experience for on demand Magic Transit customers: flow-based monitoring. Flow-based monitoring allows us to detect and notify customers when they’re under attack so they can activate Magic Transit for protection....
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January 22, 2021 12:00 PM
Network-layer DDoS attack trends for Q4 2020
DDoS attack trends in the final quarter of 2020 defied norms in many ways. For the first time in 2020, Cloudflare observed an increase in the number of large DDoS attacks. Specifically, the number of attacks over 500Mbps and 50K pps saw a massive uptick. ...
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January 14, 2021 5:00 PM
Holistic web protection: industry recognition for a prolific 2020
Today we’re excited to announce that Frost & Sullivan has named Cloudflare the Innovation Leader in their Frost Radar™: Global Holistic Web Protection Market Report....
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January 07, 2021 4:19 PM
Ransom DDoS attacks target a Fortune Global 500 company
In late 2020, a major Fortune Global 500 company was targeted by a Ransom DDoS (RDDoS) attack by a group claiming to be the Lazarus Group. Cloudflare quickly onboarded them to the Magic Transit service and protected them against the lingering threat. ...
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December 22, 2020 12:00 PM
Beat - An Acoustics Inspired DDoS Attack
On the week of Black Friday, Cloudflare automatically detected and mitigated “Beat” - an acoustics inspired DDoS attacks that targeted a Magic Transit customer. ...
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November 18, 2020 12:00 PM
Network-layer DDoS attack trends for Q3 2020
In Q3 ‘20, Cloudflare observed a surge in DDoS attacks, with double the number of DDoS attacks and more attack vectors deployed than ever — with a notable surge in protocol-specific DDoS attacks such as mDNS, Memcached, and Jenkins amplification floods....
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November 07, 2020 12:00 PM
Announcing Spectrum DDoS Analytics and DDoS Insights & Trends
We’re excited to announce the expansion of the Network Analytics dashboard to Spectrum customers on the Enterprise plan. Additionally, this announcement introduces two major dashboard improvements for easier reporting and investigation....
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October 22, 2020 1:14 PM
A Virtual Product Management Internship Experience
In July 2020, I joined Cloudflare as a Product Management Intern on the DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) team to enhance the benefits that Network Analytics brings to our customers. This is my experience....
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October 05, 2020 11:00 AM
Know When You’ve Been DDoS’d
Today we’re announcing the availability of DDoS attack alerts. The alerts are available for free for all Cloudflare’s customers on paid plans. Learn how to create an alert....
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