Today, we announced Cloudflare One for Data Protection — a unified suite to protect data everywhere across web, SaaS, and private applications. This suite converges capabilities including our data loss prevention (DLP), cloud access security broker (CASB), Zero Trust network access (ZTNA), secure web gateway (SWG), remote browser isolation (RBI), and cloud email security services. […]
Cloudflare One for Data Protection
This post is also available in 日本語, 한국어, Deutsch, Français. Data continues to explode in volume, variety, and velocity, and security teams at organizations of all sizes are challenged to keep up. Businesses face escalating risks posed by varied SaaS environments, the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and the exposure and theft of […]
Bogus URL Shorteners Go Mobile-Only in AdSense Fraud Campaign
Since September 2022, our team has been tracking a bogus URL shortener redirect campaign that started with just a single domain: ois[.]is. By the beginning of 2023, this malware campaign had expanded to over a hundred domain names to redirect traffic to low quality Q&A sites and monetize traffic via Google AdSense. In fact, since […]
How to Quickly Find & Fix Mixed Content Issues (SSL/HTTPS)
With the web’s increased emphasis on security, all sites should operate on HTTPS. Installing an SSL certificate allows you to make that transition with your website. But it can also have an unintended consequence for sites that have been operating on HTTP previously: Mixed content issues and warnings. In this post, we’ll take a look […]
Cloudflare Radar’s 2023 overview of new tools and insights
Cloudflare Radar was launched in September 2020, almost three years ago, when the pandemic was affecting Internet traffic usage. It is a free tool to show Internet usage patterns from both human and automated systems, as well as attack trends, top domains, and adoption and usage of browsers and protocols. As Cloudflare has been publishing […]
WordPress Vulnerability & Patch Roundup August 2023
Vulnerability reports and responsible disclosures are essential for website security awareness and education. Automated attacks targeting known software vulnerabilities are one of the leading causes of website compromises. To help educate website owners on emerging threats to their environments, we’ve compiled a list of important security updates and vulnerability patches for the WordPress ecosystem this […]
Cloudflare’s tenant platform in action: Meter deploys DNS filtering at scale
In January 2023, we announced support for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and other businesses to create 'parent-child' and account-level policy configurations when deploying Cloudflare for DNS filtering. Specifically, organizations leverage the integration between our Tenant API and Cloudflare Gateway, our Secure Web Gateway (SWG) to protect their remote or office end users with web filtering […]
Compromised OpenCart Payment Module Steals Credit Card Information
Today’s story starts much the same as many others on this blog: A new client came to us reporting that credit card details were being compromised from their checkout page. The website owner had even been contacted by a major credit card company who had identified their domain as a “common point point of purchase” […]
Why WordPress Gets Hacked
A question we frequently get from new users as they’re onboarding is: why does WordPress get hacked? Of course, this question makes sense in this context; it’s extremely frustrating to find out that your WordPress website has been compromised and you need to tackle an infection or increase security controls. Surely you’d want to understand […]
Introducing the 2023 Intern-ets!
This year, Cloudflare welcomed a class of approximately 40 interns, hailing from five different countries for an unforgettable summer. As we joined both remotely and in-person across Cloudflare’s global offices, our experiences spanned a variety of roles from engineering, product management to internal auditing and marketing. Through invaluable mentorship, continuous learning, and the chance to […]