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September 24, 2025

Understanding the Value of Public Key Cryptography for Digital Communications

Public key cryptography, also called asymmetric cryptography, uses a public key and private key for encrypting communications transmitted across the internet.

September 19, 2025

What Is a Tsunami Attack?

Learn what a tsunami attack is, how it targets applications with massive traffic, and strategies to mitigate these high-volume DDoS threats.

September 18, 2025

What is SSL?

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is an encryption security protocol that improves privacy, authentication, and integrity for data communications sent over the internet. It evolved into Transport Layer Security (TLS).

September 11, 2025

gTLD vs TLD: What They Are and Why They Matter

Top-level domains are the last part of an organization's website and help businesses communicate information about their products and improve brand recall.

September 9, 2025

Best Practices for Application Layer Security

Application layer security protects applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) by adding protection at the point where users communicate and access services.

September 2, 2025

Why a Human-Staffed SOC Is Critical to Effective DDoS Mitigation

DDoS attacks are growing more frequent, complex, and disruptive. Security providers now turn to AI to detect and mitigate these evolving threats

August 27, 2025

How Brands Can Prepare for the New gTLD Program

The New Generic Top Level-Domains (gTLD) program expands the Internet's Domain Name System by introducing new top-level domains.

August 27, 2025

Why Geo-Blocking DDoS Attacks Are Losing Their Edge

Recent botnet campaigns and router exploits are rendering geo-blocking increasingly ineffective against DDoS attacks. Cybercriminals are finding new ways to bypass geographic restrictions, using compromised devices worldwide to launch coordinated attacks. Learn why traditional geographic filtering is losing its edge and what this means for modern cybersecurity strategies.

August 26, 2025

UltraDDoS Protect Successfully Mitigates 3.7 Tbps and 2.4 Tbps Internet Tsunami DDoS Attacks for DigiCert

On Tuesday, July 29th, DigiCert’s UltraDDoS Protect service successfully mitigated an internet tsunami, a massive DDoS attack that reached 2.4 Terabits per second (Tbps) of bandwidth and 553 Million packets per second (Mpps) of impact.

August 20, 2025

What are Generic Top Level Domains and Why Do They Matter?

Domain names are a cornerstone of a business’s digital identity, and premium domains are often treated as strategic investments. But what about the part after the dot? The choice of generic top-level domain (gTLD) plays a bigger role than many realize.

August 20, 2025

Mitigating DNS-Based Attack Risk in the Education Sector

Attackers target the education sector’s data. Understanding how DNS configurations can protect against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks can improve security and service availability.

August 18, 2025

Tunnelpocalypse: Potentially Weaponizing 4.3 Million Endpoints for DDoS Attacks

Tunneling protocols create pathways for data transmission across networks by encapsulating one protocol within another. These protocols serve essential functions in modern networking, enabling flexible communications across untrusted networks and facilitating network transitions.

August 15, 2025

Why Securing OSI Layer 3 is Critical

The network layer, OSI layer 3, focuses on low-level networking considerations like the path data follows when transmitted. Often called packet routing, this layer chooses the best route when connecting different networks to ensure efficient data transfers.

August 6, 2025

Understanding OSI Layer 7 Security: Challenges and Solutions

Layer 7, the application layer of the OSI model, ensures that applications and the network can communicate effectively by translating the transmitted data into a standard protocol.

August 1, 2025

DigiCert Successfully Mitigated a 2.4Tbs Internet Tsunami this Week

DigiCert’s UltraDDoS Protect service successfully mitigated an internet tsunami. This is the largest attack that has been recorded to date on the UltraDDoS Protect Network.

July 25, 2025

Smart DNS: 5 Innovative Industry Trends

Explore innovative trends shaping the future of smart DNS technology and infrastructure.

July 21, 2025

The OSI Model – Why Protecting the Layers is Critical

The Open Systems Intercommunication (OSI) model identifies seven layers for network communications. By understanding these layers, organizations can implement the appropriate security measures.

July 16, 2025

Trust Anchor In DNS: What It Is and Why It Matters

DNS analysis reveals a 26.9% spike in trust anchor lookups—highlighting rising DNSSEC adoption to combat hijacking, spoofing, and tampering. Learn why trust anchors matter.

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Weekly Updates on the Cyber Threat Landscape

Cybersecurity Insights That Are Ahead of the Curve

Weekly Updates on the Cyber Threat Landscape

Cybersecurity Insights That Are Ahead of the Curve

Weekly Updates on the Cyber Threat Landscape

Cybersecurity Insights That Are Ahead of the Curve