Tag: DDoS

Frost Radar: Global Holistic Web Protection Market, 2020

Research Desk

Cloudflare named as the innovation leader in the Global Holistic Web Protection Market for 2020 by Frost & Sullivan

Availability, confidentiality, and transaction integrity of web applications are the key concerns for any enterprise. Holistic Web Protection addresses these enterprise needs by integrating three key security technologies: distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation, web application firewall (WAF), and bot risk management (BRM).

Five Best Practices for Mitigating DDoS Attacks

Research Desk

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks remain one of the most effective methods used by cybercriminals to cause significant financial, operational, and reputational damage to businesses worldwide. Though these attacks take different forms, the goal is always to incapacitate targeted servers, services, or networks by flooding them with traffic from compromised devices or networks.

As organizations have hardened their defences, cybercriminals have responded with newer attack types targeting multiple applications and services. Download this guide to learn how to defend against rapidly evolving Distributed Denial-of-Service threats and address vulnerabilities at every layer.

Network-Layer DDoS Attack Trends for Q4’20

Research Desk

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 large attacks over 500Mbps and 50K pps saw a massive uptick. In addition, attack vectors continued to evolve, with protocol-based attacks seeing a 3-10x increase compared to the prior quarter. Attackers were also more persistent than ever — nearly 9% of all attacks observed between October and December lasted more than 24 hours.

State of the Internet / Security: 2020 – A Year in Review

Research Desk

Internet traffic surged in 2020 and criminals took advantage, using their time at home to change the threat landscape forever. There were huge jumps in credential stuffing, web application, DDoS, phishing — just about every type of attack Akamai tracks. DDoS extortion came of age, with its potential to cripple businesses that refused to pay up. Also, playing on people’s boredom, an age-old phishing tactic snagged 5 million victims. Review the security stories that shaped a year like no other, and how they’re likely to change the security landscape for years to come. Download our new report now.