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Cloudflare: Indonesia becomes top source of internet traffic attacks
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Cloudflare: Indonesia becomes top source of internet traffic attacks

Seven of the ten largest sources of DDoS attacks came from Asia, with Indonesia leading for the past year.
Minh Le · · 2 min read
This startup wants to fight DDoS attacks using blockchain

This startup wants to fight DDoS attacks using blockchain

Gladius wants to use numbers to its advantage, using blockchain to protect people from cyberattacks.
Joe Liebkind · · 4 min read
Half the internet shut down last month. This device could’ve prevented it

Half the internet shut down last month. This device could’ve prevented it

Gryphon is bringing enterprise-grade network security to your home.
Osman Husain · · 3 min read
What you need to know about cloud security

What you need to know about cloud security

As a web presence grows, websites need to be prepared with a plan to fend off increasingly complex attacks against web infrastructure, like DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks and
Adeline Sim · · 4 min read
Baidu acquires web security startup Anquanbao

Baidu acquires web security startup Anquanbao

Baidu plans to use Anquanbao to protect and speed up its Baidu Cloud services. Anquanbao founder Ma Jie will head up Baidu’s cloud security unit.
Paul Bischoff · · 1 min read

Anti-censorship activist site Greatfire.org under DDoS attack, bandwidth costs skyrocket

Greatfire’s bandwidth costs skyrocketed to US$30,000 per day. It’s asking supporters to tell Amazon to forgo the hefty fee and support free speech.
Paul Bischoff · · 3 min read

With DDoS attackers in its crosshairs, this startup defends you from downtime

CTO Juniman Kasman argues Nexusguard is a much more feature-rich and robust solution than CloudFlare and other competitors.
Paul Bischoff · · 5 min read

.CN websites come under attack, cripples Sina Weibo, Amazon.cn, and Bank of China

China’s national registry of websites ending in “.cn” was hit by a denial-of-service attack yesterday. Several websites with the .cn suffix were either inaccessible or extremely slow, including the popular Twitter-like Sina Weibo,
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read

DDoS Attack Recovery. Twitter Thanks Google [Video]

With the slow but sure recovery from the DDoS attack, Twitter got plenty to thank Google for, especially when Twitter is the most affected among others. According to Twitter Co-founder
Willis Wee · · 1 min read

DDoS Attacks to Silence Cyxymu?

The earlier speculation of the cause of the social media chaos has been confirmed. The attacks were all to silence one Georgian blogger with the username, Cyxymu (the name of
Sarah Chong · · 2 min read