August 8, 2025
Vercara WAF Analysis Report – June 2025
Web threats rose in June 2025 with bot violations up 42%. Financial firms were top targets; most attacks came from Great Britain and the U.S.
Richard Wallace
Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
Richard is a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at Vercara, leveraging over 23 years of military leadership and expertise in intelligence and data analytics. Driven by a mission to education and inform individuals on the current cyber threat landscape and how those threats could impact organizations. As an army veteran, Richard is a recipient of the Legion of Merit and multiple Bronze Star Medals.
Articles by Richard Wallace
August 7, 2025
DigiCert’s Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Report – July 25 – July 31, 2025
Post SMTP flaw, VOIP botnet, WP mu-plugin backdoor, BlackSuit seized, IIS shell, Chaos RaaS, WP plugin flaws, Scattered Spider arrests, 1/3 vulns weaponized in a day
July 10, 2025
Vercara DDoS Analysis Report – June 2025
May 2025 saw 2,424 DDoS attacks mitigated, with a rise in small, frequent strikes and 1,487 hours of downtime prevented by Vercara’s defense.
May 28, 2025
Vercara’s Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Report – May 16 – May 27, 2025
Weekly OSINT: Skitnet malware rise, WP plugin flaw exposes 22K sites, HTTPBot DDoS surge, PowerShell abuse, and Russian service outages.
May 20, 2025
Vercara’s Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Report – May 9 – May 15, 2025
Weekly OSINT highlights include botnet takedowns, IoT proxy abuse, JPG-based ransomware, and a critical Node.js denial-of-service flaw.
May 19, 2025
Infrastructure Trends and Traffic Insights
April threat data shows rising WAF attacks, DNS abuse, and larger DDoS hits. Get insights to strengthen your digital infrastructure and uptime.
May 9, 2025
Vercara DNS Analysis Report – April 2025
UltraDNS handled 46T+ queries in 2024 amid rising IPv6 use and 29% more DDoS attacks—highlighting DNS’s growing scale and security role.
May 8, 2025
Vercara WAF Analysis Report – April 2025
April 2025 WAF report: Bot and WAF violations surged despite lower traffic, with cookie abuse and XML exploits targeting finance, travel, and retail sectors.
May 7, 2025
Vercara DDoS Analysis Report – April 2025
April 2025 saw fewer DDoS attacks but greater impact—longer, larger, and more targeted, with a surge in Telnet-focused IoT exploitation.
April 30, 2025
Vercara’s Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Report – April 18 – April 25, 2025
Weekly OSINT report: ClickFix social engineering, Lumma InfoStealer, Rust botnet, XorDDoS, edge attacks, and zero-day exploits surge.
April 23, 2025
UltraDNS 2024 Domain Name System (DNS) Traffic and Analysis Report
Discover key 2024 DNS trends, traffic growth, security threats, and how to strengthen your DNS strategy with insights from Vercara’s UltraDNS report.
April 15, 2025
Infrastructure Trends and Traffic Insights – March 2025
Vercara’s March 2025 report covers DDoS, DNS, and WAF threats. UltraDDoS Protect blocked 5,003 attacks, UltraDNS handled 4.44T queries, and UltraWAF processed 2.41B web requests. See how Vercara’s solutions protect digital infrastructure.