Those Sneaky Adaptive DDoS Attacks!
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines “sneaky” as “marked by stealth, furtiveness, or shiftiness.” “Stealth” is defined as “intended not to attract attention.” “Furtive” is defined...
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Parachutes, Brakes, and Adaptive DDoS Defenses Must Work Well When Needed
When do you settle for less than 100 percent reliability when it comes to products or solutions? Answer: When the risk of the failure is not fatal, catastrophic, or extremely...
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The Old Ways Are Not Good Enough Against Modern DDoS Attacks
The medieval castle became the fortification of choice in the Middle Ages, and attack strategies evolved into scaling ladders, battering rams, siege towers, catapults, and mining...
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Let’s face it: Life isn’t safe, and threats exist all around us.
Most of us learn early on not to stroll down a dark alley, but if you’re an internet service provider (ISP) or enterprise, mitigating threats isn’t that simple. The devastation...
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DDoS Attacks on the U.S. Healthcare System Could Have Disastrous Results
Imagine you need something to keep you alive, but you find out that a hacker has shut down the system that provides that life-saving necessity—say a ventilator or a medication...
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Fact Versus Fiction in Modern DDoS Attacks and Defense Strategies
Did 300 ancient Spartan warriors hold off tens of thousands of Persians at Thermopylae? Probably not. Did George Washington chop down his father’s cherry tree and then confess...
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How to Prepare for and Mitigate DDoS Attacks
Organizations in any sector, in any vertical market, and in any part of the world depend on the Internet in order to function. They must be able to operate at the speeds and scale...
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Introducing the 5th Anniversary DDoS Threat Intelligence Report
The rising tide of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks threatens organizations worldwide that deliver critical access and services. From our first Worldwide Infrastructure...
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Actionable Threat Intelligence Is Required to Automatically Stop Zero-Day DDoS Attacks
A Zero-Day distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is an attack that does not have a known solution. It is referred to as a “Zero-Day” threat because once the defect is...
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