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cybersecurity
InfoQ
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Enhanced Protection for Large Language Models (LLMs) Against Cyber Threats with Cloudflare for AI

Firewall for AI adds protection for Large Language Models (LLMs) by identifying abuse and attacks.
The capability includes tools for vulnerability identification, existing WAF features, and a new layer for scrutinizing user prompts. [ more ]
InfoQ
2 months ago
Privacy professionals

Cloudflare Recaps Thanksgiving 2023 Incident and Response Actions

Security incident on Cloudflare's Atlassian server
Threat actor's access and tools highlighted [ more ]
Databreaches
3 months ago
Privacy technologies

Cloudflare hacked using auth tokens stolen in Okta attack

Cloudflare's internal Atlassian server was breached by a suspected 'nation state attacker' who accessed its Confluence wiki, Jira bug database, and Bitbucket source code management system.
The threat actor gained access to Cloudflare's server on November 14 and established persistent access to their systems.
The attacker also attempted to access a console server in Cloudflare's data center in São Paulo, Brazil. [ more ]
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InfoQ
2 weeks ago
Data science

Cloudflare R2 Storage Introduces Event Notifications and Infrequent Access Storage Tier

Cloudflare R2 object storage now supports event notifications for automatic triggering of Workers in response to data changes. [ more ]
InfoQ
1 month ago
Data science

Cloudflare D1, Workers Analytics Engine and Hyperdrive: Q&A with Rita Kozlov and Matt Silverlock

Cloudflare announced the production-ready switch on D1, Workers Analytics Engine, and Hyperdrive with enhanced features and pricing models.
D1 offers support for 10GB and 50,000 databases per account, new data export capabilities, and query debugging with D1 Insights. [ more ]
Theregister
1 month ago
DevOps

Cloudflare reveals it's automated empathy to boost SRE

Cloudflare uses tools like Phoenix to automatically detect and fix broken servers to prevent downtime and inefficiencies.
Cloudflare emphasizes fault-tolerant infrastructure and automation, such as the error budget concept, to maintain services at scale efficiently. [ more ]
DevOps.com
2 months ago
DevOps

Cloudflare Unveils Platform to Programmatically Unify Cloud Networking - DevOps.com

Cloudflare launches Magic Cloud Networking platform simplifying cloud network management using Terraform.
Integration of NetOps and DevOps for enforcing zero-trust IT policies is essential. [ more ]
Theregister
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Cloudflare wants to put a firewall in front of your LLM

Advanced Rate Limiting helps prevent DDoS attacks on large language models.
Sensitive Data Detection stops leakage of confidential information in model responses. [ more ]
London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

NASDAQ Composite and Russell 2000 have ended their weekly stints in the green zone

The S&P 500 index is up 5.08% over the past 30 days, led by key tech players.
AI is the primary reason for the market surge, extending beyond the S&P 500 to the NASDAQ Composite and Russell 2000.
Top AI and tech stocks to consider for investment include Arm Holdings, Samsara, SPS Commerce, UiPath, and Cloudflare. [ more ]
Theregister
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

Cloudflare extends hardware life from four to five years

Cloudflare has extended the useful life of its infrastructure hardware from four years to five years, based on advancements in hardware technology and datacenter designs.
Cloudflare expects a modest impact of $20 million from the extension of hardware lifespans, with a greater impact from hiring Marc Boroditsky as its chief revenue officer. [ more ]
TechCrunch
2 months ago
Startup companies

Plaid's new president hails from Cloudflare, has IPO experience | TechCrunch

Plaid has named Jennifer Taylor as its first president, following the recent hiring of a CFO, suggesting the company may be preparing for an IPO.
Taylor's experience scaling products and her tenure at Cloudflare, including during and after its IPO, indicate that Plaid is moving closer to going public.
Plaid, which connects consumer bank accounts to financial applications, has expanded its offerings to include lending, anti-fraud, and payments, and has worked to diversify its revenue streams since the failed Visa acquisition. [ more ]
Theregister
3 months ago
Information security

Cloudflare publishes details of Thanksgiving security breach

Cloudflare was breached by suspected government spies who gained access to their internal Atlassian installation using stolen credentials from a security breach at Okta.
Cloudflare failed to rotate the stolen tokens because they incorrectly believed they were unused, allowing the intruders to access their Atlassian system and other systems. [ more ]
WSJ
3 months ago
Business

The Tech Employee Who Went Viral for Filming Her Firing Has No Regrets

Brittany Pietsch received support after going viral for filming her firing and sharing it on TikTok.
She has received messages from others who wish they had stood up for themselves in similar situations. [ more ]
Theregister
4 months ago
Digital life

Cloudflare dishes up the stats on internet traffic in 2023

Global internet traffic grew 25 percent this year, indicating continued expansion of the internet.
Google regained its position as the most visited web destination. [ more ]
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