NTP amplification DDoS attack
A volumetric DDoS attack that takes advantage of a vulnerability in the NTP protocol, flooding a server with UDP traffic. What is a NTP amplification attack? An NTP amplification attack…
What is a DNS flood? | DNS flood DDoS attack
A DNS flood is a DDoS attack that aims to flood and overwhelm a target DNS server. What is a DNS Flood? Domain Name System (DNS) servers are the “phonebooks”…
AT&T Data Breaches: Full Timeline Through 2023
The most recent AT&T data breach occurred in March 2023, when AT&T notified 9 million customers that their data had been exposed following an attack on a third-party vendor. As…
What is DDoS mitigation?
Properly implemented DDoS mitigation is what keeps websites online during an attack. Explore the process of DDoS mitigation and the essential characteristics to look for in a mitigation service. What…
CDN reliability and redundancy
A CDN is designed to circumvent network congestion and protect against service interruption. CDN benefits – reliability & redundancy One of the essential characteristics of a CDN is its ability…
What is Anycast? | How does Anycast work?
Anycast is a network addressing and routing method in which incoming requests can be routed to various locations. What is Anycast? Anycast is a network addressing and routing method in…
What is a data center?
A data center houses many networked computers that work together to process, store, and share data. What is a data center? A data center houses many networked computers that work…
CDN SSL/TLS | CDN security
What are the security risks to a CDN? Like all networks exposed to the Internet, CDNs must guard against on-path attacks, data breaches, and attempts to overwhelm the network of…
What is a web crawler? | How web spiders work
A web crawler, or spider, is a bot typically operated by search engines like Google and Bing. Their purpose is to index the content of websites all across the Internet…
How CAPTCHAs work | What does CAPTCHA mean?
CAPTCHAs and reCAPTCHAs determine if a user is a bot. While these tests can help stop malicious bot activity, they are far from foolproof. What is a CAPTCHA? A CAPTCHA…