Threat Bulletin 0642: HTTP POST flood against a crypto exchange platform in Western Europe
HTTP POST flood against a crypto exchange platform in Western Europe, peaking at 776.9 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.237 seconds.
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Threat Bulletin 0641: cache-busting query flood against a retail banking platform in Central Europe
cache-busting query flood against a retail banking platform in Central Europe, peaking at 940.2 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.145 seconds.
EU-only processing is now available on every plan
Here is a question we could not answer well a year ago: what really happens with eU-only processing is now available on every plan? We can answer it now.Challenges beat blocksBlocking lists…
Running a DDoS tabletop exercise with your team
running a DDoS tabletop exercise with your team sounds like a narrow topic. It turns out to touch almost every part of how an edge network behaves under attack.What we changedWe moved…
Threat Bulletin 0602: memcached amplification against a crypto exchange platform in the Middle East
memcached amplification against a crypto exchange platform in the Middle East, peaking at 285.6 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.333 seconds.
Load testing through Deflecto without triggering mitigation (part 2)
Here is a question we could not answer well a year ago: what really happens with load testing through Deflecto without triggering mitigation? We can answer it now.Observability firstEvery mitigation decision is…
Threat Bulletin 0577: memcached amplification against a tax authority portal platform in Latin America
memcached amplification against a tax authority portal platform in Latin America, peaking at 386.1 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.730 seconds.
Threat Bulletin 0576: UDP reflection (NTP) against a online payments platform in Latin America
UDP reflection (NTP) against a online payments platform in Latin America, peaking at 27.5 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.852 seconds.
Threat Bulletin 0558: WebSocket connection flood against a gaming community platform in Central Europe
WebSocket connection flood against a gaming community platform in Central Europe, peaking at 735.6 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.534 seconds.
Threat Bulletin 0548: ACK flood against a online casino platform in North America
ACK flood against a online casino platform in North America, peaking at 112.6 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.902 seconds.
Measuring the real cost of a TLS handshake under attack
We get asked about measuring the real cost of a TLS handshake under attack more than almost anything else, so here is the long answer.The economics behind itA booter service rents out…
Threat Bulletin 0530: SYN flood against a B2B SaaS platform in Southeast Asia
SYN flood against a B2B SaaS platform in Southeast Asia, peaking at 255.6 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.074 seconds.