Learning

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 24, 2025

DigiCert’s Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Report – September 12 – September 18, 2025

Key cyber threats: AISURU botnet’s DDoS-to-proxy shift, Hazy Hawk DNS hijacks, Scatter Spider’s financial attacks, and FileFix phishing delivering StealC.

CLDAP Amplification DDoS

Discover how CLDAP Amplification DDoS attacks work, their risks to business networks, and how to detect, mitigate, and prevent these evolving threats.

CHARGEN Amplification DDoS

Learn how CHARGEN Amplification DDoS attacks exploit legacy protocols, their business impact, and how to detect, mitigate, and prevent these threats.

Broken Object Property Level Authorization in APIs

Learn what broken object property level authorization is, how it happens, its business risks, and how Vercara strengthens API security to prevent it.

September 19, 2025

DigiCert’s Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Report – September 5 – September 11, 2025

Enterprise assets lack WAF protection, GitHub workflow attacks spread secrets, new malware campaigns surge, and Salesloft Drift faces a long-term breach.

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).

Broken Authentication in APIs

Check-in automation abuse uses bots to manipulate airline check-in systems, reserving seats or gaining unfair advantages, disrupting operations, and causing delays.

September 17, 2025

Vercara WAF Analysis Report – August 2025

August 2025 UltraWAF data shows malicious traffic surged 18.77% to 62.23% of requests, with rising SOAP exploits and advanced payloads targeting web apps.

September 17, 2025

Vercara DDoS Analysis Report – August 2025

In Aug 2025, DigiCert logged 5,333 DDoS attacks—a 50% surge, including a record 3.7 Tbps ‘tsunami’ attack—driven by carpet bombing and evolving botnets.

September 12, 2025

DigiCert’s Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Report – August 29 – September 4, 2025

Cyber threats surge: DigiCert reveals DDoS attacks, AI-built ransomware, email exploits, and rising hacktivism targeting higher education.

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

Vercara DNS Analysis Report – August 2025

August 2025 saw a slight decline in overall DNS traffic

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 4, 2025

DigiCert’s Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Report – August 22 – August 28, 2025

DigiCert reveals 2 huge DDoS; Malware devs use Claude AI for ransomware; Hackers hide links via email platforms; Hacktivism rises in higher ed.

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.

Vercara Resources

Vercara: A Leader in Securing Online Experiences

Webinar: WAAP is Here to Stay: Combining API Protection and Cloud Application Security

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