DDoS
Cloudflare
Wed Nov 20 2024
Bigger and badder: how DDoS attack sizes have evolved over the last decade
If we plot the metrics associated with large DDoS attacks observed in the last 10 years, does it show a straight, steady increase in an expo...
Cloudflare-Radar
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.
Wed Oct 02 2024
How Cloudflare auto-mitigated world record 3.8 Tbps DDoS attack
Over the past couple of weeks, Cloudflare's DDoS protection systems have automatically and successfully mitigated multiple hyper-volumetric ...
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...
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...
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
Thu Jul 11 2024
Euro 2024’s impact on Internet traffic: a closer look at finalists Spain and England
DDoS-Reports
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 21 2024
How the UEFA Euro 2024 football games are impacting local Internet traffic
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.
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.
Tue Jan 09 2024
DDoS threat report for 2023 Q4
Welcome to the sixteenth edition of Cloudflare’s DDoS Threat Report.
Year-in-Review
Tue Dec 12 2023
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%.
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 ...
Tue Oct 10 2023
HTTP/2 Rapid Reset: deconstructing the record-breaking attack
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...
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
Reading-List
Mon Aug 21 2023
An August reading list about online security and 2023 attacks landscape
Tue Jul 18 2023
DDoS threat report for 2023 Q2
Q2 2023 saw an unprecedented escalation in DDoS attack sophistication.
