Threat Bulletin 0512: HTTP POST flood against a ticketing platform in Latin America
HTTP POST flood against a ticketing platform in Latin America, peaking at 526.3 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.476 seconds.
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Threat Bulletin 0461: search endpoint flood against a sports betting platform in the UK
search endpoint flood against a sports betting platform in the UK, peaking at 209.8 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.706 seconds.
Threat Bulletin 0437: UDP reflection (NTP) against a fashion retail platform in North America
UDP reflection (NTP) against a fashion retail platform in North America, peaking at 376.9 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.274 seconds.
Keeping our control plane alive when the data plane is on fire (part 2)
keeping our control plane alive when the data plane is on fire sounds like a narrow topic. It turns out to touch almost every part of how an edge network behaves under…
Threat Bulletin 0409: credential stuffing against a healthcare portal platform in Central Europe
credential stuffing against a healthcare portal platform in Central Europe, peaking at 46.5 million requests per second. Mitigated in 0.826 seconds.
The hidden cost of retries during a flood (part 2)
Here is a question we could not answer well a year ago: what really happens with the hidden cost of retries during a flood? We can answer it now.Protecting the originNone of…
Threat Bulletin 0381: UDP reflection (DNS) against a online payments platform in Central Europe
UDP reflection (DNS) against a online payments platform in Central Europe, peaking at 255.7 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.290 seconds.
Threat Bulletin 0374: CLDAP reflection against a education platform platform in Iberia
CLDAP reflection against a education platform platform in Iberia, peaking at 88.5 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.047 seconds.
What to put in your DDoS runbook
We get asked about what to put in your DDoS runbook more than almost anything else, so here is the long answer.Observability firstEvery mitigation decision is logged with its reasons, and every…
Deflecto Edge 6.3.1 release notes
Rolled out to all points of presence on 11 June 2022. No action is required. Faster rule propagation: median 16 […]
Threat Bulletin 0329: UDP reflection (NTP) against a airline booking platform in Western Europe
UDP reflection (NTP) against a airline booking platform in Western Europe, peaking at 331.9 Gbps. Mitigated in 0.111 seconds.
Credential stuffing volumes after the latest combo-list leak
We get asked about credential stuffing volumes after the latest combo-list leak more than almost anything else, so here is the long answer.What actually happens during a floodThe first thing to fail…