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Internet pipes have gotten fatter in the last decade. We have gone from expensive 1 Mbps links to 1 Gbps links, which are available at a relatively low cost. Most enterprises have at least a 1 Gbps ISP link to their data center, many have multiple 1 G… Continue reading Does Size Matter? Capacity Considerations When Selecting a DDoS Mitigation Service
There’s no good time to be hit by ransom-seeking DDoS attackers. For one casino-entertainment provider, the timing was particularly bad — right before one of its largest online poker events in 2016. The casino, which generates multiple bill… Continue reading Casino Goes All In and Wins Big with Imperva Security
DDoS attacks have always been a major threat to network infrastructure and web applications. Attackers are always creating new ways to exploit legitimate services for malicious purposes, forcing us to constantly research DDoS attacks in our CDN to buil… Continue reading The Ping is the Thing: Popular HTML5 Feature Used to Trick Chinese Mobile Users into Joining Latest DDoS Attack
A couple of months ago, I was on a call with a company that was in the process of evaluating DDoS mitigation services to protect its data centers. This company runs mission critical applications and were looking for comprehensive coverage from various… Continue reading Is It Legal to Evaluate a DDoS Mitigation Service?
New cyber-security threats require new solutions. New solutions require a project to implement them. The problems and solutions seem infinite while budgets remain bounded. Therefore, the challenge becomes how to identify the priority threats… Continue reading What Do Banks and Cybersecurity Have in Common? Everything.
Botnets have been around for over two decades, and with the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) they have spread further to devices no one imagined they would – printers, webcams, and even toasters and fridges. Some botnets enlist infected devic… Continue reading The Challenges of DIY Botnet Detection – and How to Overcome Them
DDoS attacks are usually measured by the amount of bandwidth involved, such as the 1.35 Terabits per second (maximum) attack directed at GitHub last year, the largest DDoS attack ever at the time. However, in DDoS attack mitigation, it’s not the … Continue reading This DDoS Attack Unleashed the Most Packets Per Second Ever. Here’s Why That’s Important.
Back in 2014, we introduced Rules (previously IncapRules) to give our customers advanced control over their application security. Today we’re putting even more of this custom tuning power in the hands of our customers by quadrupling the number of… Continue reading Imperva Increases Self-Service Capability Fourfold with Custom Security Rules
We live in a connected world where we have access to several tools to assist in finding any information we need. If we choose to do something risky, there is often some type of notification that warns us of the risk. The same holds true in IT departme… Continue reading Security Risks: How ‘Similar-Solution’ Information Sharing Reduces Risk at the Network Perimeter
We’ve rolled out enhanced infrastructure protection analytics which shows top traffic patterns for traffic flowing through our Incapsula Infrastructure DDoS Protection service. Imperva clients can now view network statistics categorized by source… Continue reading Enhanced Infrastructure DDoS Protection Analytics: Targeted Visibility for Greater Accuracy