NIST’s first post-quantum standards

On August 13th, 2024, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published the first three cryptographic standards designed to resist an attack from quantum computers: ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA. This announcement marks a significant milestone for ensuring that today’s communications remain secure in a future world where large-scale quantum computers are a reality. […]

Summer 2024 weather report: Cloudflare with a chance of Intern-ets

During the summer of 2024, Cloudflare welcomed approximately 60 Intern-ets from all around the globe on a mission to #HelpBuildABetterInternet. Over the course of their internships, our wonderful interns tackled real-world challenges from different teams all over the company and contributed to cutting-edge projects. As returning interns, we – Shaheen, Aaron, and Jada – would […]

The Security Risks of Using Nulled WordPress Plugins

The prospect of obtaining premium features without spending a dime is tempting. Nulled WordPress plugins and themes, often being advertised as the no cost versions of their premium counterparts, can seem like a dream come true for many WordPress users. Who doesn’t want to save some money while still enjoying the enhancements and extended features […]

Simplify cloud routing and object storage configurations with Cloud Connector

As part of Cloudflare’s mission to help build a better Internet, we’re continuously integrating with other networks and service providers, ensuring ease of use for anyone, anywhere, anytime.  Today, we’re excited to announce Cloud Connector – a brand-new way to put Cloudflare in front of popular public cloud services, protecting your assets, accelerating applications, and […]

PrestaShop GTAG Websocket Skimmer

During a recent investigation we uncovered another credit card skimmer leveraging a web socket connection to steal credit card details from an infected PrestaShop website. While PrestaShop is not the most popular eCommerce solution for online stores it is still in the top 10 most common ecommerce platforms in use on the web, and clocks […]

Rising together: honoring Cloudflare’s outstanding partners

We’re thrilled to announce Cloudflare’s worldwide 2023 Channel Partner Award winners! Partners are crucial to Cloudflare’s success, extending the solutions and support that customers need to control application complexity, reduce cyber risk, and cut costs, all with a high level of customer satisfaction. PowerUP Partners First This year, we again received CRN’s highest accolade of […]

Advancing Threat Intelligence: JA4 fingerprints and inter-request signals

For many years, Cloudflare has used advanced fingerprinting techniques to help block online threats, in products like our DDoS engine, our WAF, and Bot Management. For the purposes of Bot Management, fingerprinting characteristic elements of client software help us quickly identify what kind of software is making an HTTP request. It’s an efficient and accurate […]

What is Website Monitoring?

Picture this: It’s October 2016, and you’re trying to access your favorite websites – Twitter, Netflix, Spotify – but nothing’s loading. If you can believe it, this wasn’t just a bad day for the internet; it was the result of one of the largest DDoS attacks in history, targeting Dyn, a major DNS provider. Fast […]