Cloudflare-Radar
Cloudflare
Wed Nov 20 2024
Resilient Internet connectivity in Europe mitigates impact from multiple cable cuts
Two recent cable cuts that occurred in the Baltic Sea resulted in little-to-no observable impact to the affected countries, in large part be...
Wed Nov 06 2024
Exploring Internet traffic shifts and cyber attacks during the 2024 US election
Election Day 2024 in the US saw a surge in cyber activity.
Wed Oct 30 2024
Cloudflare’s perspective of the October 30 OVHcloud outage
On October 30, 2024, cloud hosting provider OVHcloud (AS16276) suffered a brief but significant outage.
Tue Oct 29 2024
Forced offline: the Q3 2024 Internet disruption summary
The third quarter of 2024 was particularly active, with quite a few significant Internet disruptions.
DDoS-Reports
Wed Oct 23 2024
4.2 Tbps of bad packets and a whole lot more: Cloudflare's Q3 DDoS report
The number of DDoS attacks spiked in the third quarter of 2024.
Tue Oct 01 2024
Impact of Verizon’s September 30 outage on Internet traffic
On Monday, September 30, customers on Verizon’s mobile network in multiple cities across the United States reported experiencing a loss of c...
Birthday-Week
Fri Sep 27 2024
Network trends and natural language: Cloudflare Radar’s new Data Explorer & AI Assistant
The Cloudflare Radar Data Explorer provides a simple Web-based interface to build more complex API queries, including comparisons and filter...
Mon Sep 23 2024
Network performance update: Birthday Week 2024
Since June 2021, we’ve been measuring and ranking our network performance against the top global networks in the world.
Wed Sep 11 2024
How the Harris-Trump US presidential debate influenced Internet traffic
See how the first 2024 US presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump influenced Internet traffic patterns compared to the Bi...
Thu Aug 01 2024
A recent spate of Internet disruptions
Cloudflare Radar is constantly monitoring the Internet for widespread disruptions.
Tue Jul 30 2024
How the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics has impacted Internet traffic
This blog post explores the impact of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics on Internet traffic in France and beyond, concentrating on web activity...
Mon Jul 22 2024
Countdown to Paris 2024 Olympics: France leads in web interest
Fri Jul 19 2024
Exploring Internet traffic during the 2024 U.S. Republican National Convention
This week, the Republican National Convention was hosted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from July 15 to 18, 2024.
Tue Jul 16 2024
Q2 2024 Internet disruption summary
Government directed shutdowns and cable cuts were both significant sources of Internet outages in Q2 2024.
Thu Jul 11 2024
Euro 2024’s impact on Internet traffic: a closer look at finalists Spain and England
Tue Jul 09 2024
DDoS threat report for 2024 Q2
Welcome to the 18th edition of the Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report.
Elections
Mon Jul 08 2024
French elections: political cyber attacks and Internet traffic shifts
Fri Jul 05 2024
UK election day 2024: traffic trends and attacks on political parties
Wed Jul 03 2024
First round of French election: party attacks and a modest traffic dip
Fri Jun 28 2024
How the first 2024 US presidential debate influenced Internet traffic and security trends
Fri Jun 21 2024
How the UEFA Euro 2024 football games are impacting local Internet traffic
Exam-ining recent Internet shutdowns in Syria, Iraq, and Algeria
Similar to actions taken over the last several years, governments in Syria, Iraq, and Algeria have again disrupted Internet connectivity nat...
Mon Jun 10 2024
Exploring the 2024 EU Election: Internet traffic trends and cybersecurity insights
Fri Jun 07 2024
Internet insights on 2024 elections in the Netherlands, South Africa, Iceland, India, and Mexico
2024 brings a global increase in election activity.
Attacks
Thu Jun 06 2024
Dutch political websites hit by cyber attacks as EU voting starts
The 2024 European Parliament election began in the Netherlands on June 6.
Project-Galileo
Protecting vulnerable communities for 10 years with Project Galileo
Mon May 13 2024
East African Internet connectivity again impacted by submarine cable cuts
Mon Apr 29 2024
Q1 2024 Internet disruption summary
The first quarter of 2024 kicked off with quite a few Internet disruptions.
Tue Apr 16 2024
DDoS threat report for 2024 Q1
2024 started with a bang.
Sun Apr 14 2024
An Internet traffic analysis during Iran's April 13, 2024, attack on Israel
On April 13, 2024, Iran launched a retaliatory attack on Israel.
Tue Apr 09 2024
Total eclipse of the Internet: traffic impacts in Mexico, the US, and Canada
Thu Mar 14 2024
Undersea cable failures cause Internet disruptions for multiple African countries
Internet connectivity in several African countries was disrupted on March 14, 2024, beginning at approximately 05:00 UTC.
Security-Week
Fri Mar 08 2024
Launching email security insights on Cloudflare Radar
Mon Feb 12 2024
A look at Internet traffic trends during Super Bowl LVIII
Super Bowl LVIII was a close game, with the Chiefs winning in overtime.
Mon Jan 22 2024
Q4 2023 Internet disruption summary
DDoS
Tue Jan 09 2024
DDoS threat report for 2023 Q4
Welcome to the sixteenth edition of Cloudflare’s DDoS Threat Report.
Thu Dec 14 2023
Using DNS to estimate the worldwide state of IPv6 adoption
Tue Dec 12 2023
From Google to Generative AI: Ranking top Internet services in 2023
Year-in-Review
Cloudflare 2023 Year in Review
Tue Nov 28 2023
Cyber Week: Analyzing Internet traffic and e-commerce trends
How significant are Cyber Week days on the Internet? Is it a global phenomenon? Does e-commerce interest peak on Black Friday or Cyber Monda...
Thanksgiving
Fri Nov 24 2023
Do hackers eat turkey? And other Thanksgiving Internet trends
Thu Oct 26 2023
DDoS threat report for 2023 Q3
In the past quarter, DDoS attacks surged by 65%.
Wed Oct 25 2023
Q3 2023 Internet disruption summary
Mon Oct 23 2023
Cyber attacks in the Israel-Hamas war
Since the October 7 Hamas attack, DDoS attackers have been targeting Israeli newspaper and media websites as well as software companies and ...
Mon Oct 09 2023
Internet traffic patterns in Israel and Palestine following the October 2023 attacks
On Saturday, October 7, 2023, attacks from the Palestinian group Hamas launched from the Gaza Strip against the south of Israel started a ne...
Fri Sep 29 2023
Network performance update: Birthday Week 2023
Tue Sep 26 2023
Traffic anomalies and notifications with Cloudflare Radar
Cloudflare Radar now displays country and ASN traffic anomalies in the Outage Center as they are detected, as well as publishing anomaly inf...
Gone offline: how Cloudflare Radar detects Internet outages
Cloudflare Radar will be publishing anomalous traffic events for countries and Autonomous Systems (ASes).
Trends
Fri Sep 22 2023
Typo traps: analyzing traffic to exmaple.com (or is it example.com?)
Cloudflare has owned exmaple.
Thu Aug 31 2023
Cloudflare Radar’s 2023 overview of new tools and insights
Mon Aug 21 2023
Application Security Report: Q2 2023
We are back with a quarterly update of our Application Security report.
Fri Jul 28 2023
Cloudflare Radar's new BGP origin hijack detection system
BGP origin hijacks allow attackers to intercept, monitor, redirect, or drop traffic destined for the victim's networks.
Thu Jul 27 2023
Q2 2023 Internet disruption summary
Routing information now on Cloudflare Radar
The Internet is a vast, sprawling collection of networks that connect to each other.
Mon Jul 24 2023
Measuring the Internet's pulse: trending domains now on Cloudflare Radar
Tue Jul 18 2023
DDoS threat report for 2023 Q2
Q2 2023 saw an unprecedented escalation in DDoS attack sophistication.
Speed-Week
Fri Jun 23 2023
Introducing the Cloudflare Radar Internet Quality Page
The new Internet Quality page on Cloudflare Radar provides both country and network (autonomous system) level insight into Internet connecti...
Tue Jun 13 2023
Exam-related Internet shutdowns in Iraq and Algeria put connectivity to the test
