cache-busting query flood against a video streaming platform in Central Europe, peaking at 339.3 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.647 seconds.
search endpoint flood against a online casino platform in the Benelux, peaking at 952.4 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.701 seconds.
credential stuffing against a developer platform platform in the UK, peaking at 118.4 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.911 seconds.
We get asked about why our logs are append-only and how we query them more than almost anything else, so here is the long answer.Measuring successWe track three numbers for every incident:…
carpet-bombing UDP flood against a tax authority portal platform in Western Europe, peaking at 249.5 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.760 seconds.
HTTP GET flood against a online casino platform in the Middle East, peaking at 564.1 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.944 seconds.
memcached amplification against a education platform platform in the Middle East, peaking at 307.1 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.119 seconds.
credential stuffing volumes after the latest combo-list leak sounds like a narrow topic. It turns out to touch almost every part of how an edge network behaves under attack.Observability firstEvery mitigation decision…
GRE flood against a education platform platform in the Benelux, peaking at 98.6 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.490 seconds.
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GRE flood against a crypto exchange platform in the Benelux, peaking at 36.1 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.731 seconds.
tuning challenge thresholds for mobile traffic behind CGNAT sounds like a narrow topic. It turns out to touch almost every part of how an edge network behaves under attack.What actually happens during…