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Cloudflare blocked a record 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack, the largest ever reported, originating from a Mirai-variant botnet.

Cloudflare's new AI Labyrinth tool confuses web scrapers with decoy pages instead of blocking them.

A teenager exploited Cloudflare's CDN to locate users of apps like Signal and Discord, compromising their anonymity.

Cloudflare's caching behavior allows attackers to infer user locations without direct access.

CDN reliance may undermine user privacy in applications.

A flaw in Cloudflare's CDN can reveal a user's general location through images sent on messaging platforms.

The GoTTH stack simplifies deployment by allowing compilation into a single binary for both API and Web UI.

To successfully deploy a Django application, it's important to configure settings and server correctly using tools like nginx and gunicorn.

AI companies' adherence to robots.txt is inconsistent, with some ignoring directives.

Cloudflare is enhancing bot-blocking strategies beyond simple acknowledgment of robots.txt.

A marketplace for negotiating scraping rights will soon facilitate value exchange for original content creators.

Cloudflare integrates Content Credentials into its service, enhancing image authenticity tracking.

Cloudflare aims to reshape the World Wide Web for AI, optimizing hardware for inferencing and supporting content creator compensation.

Cloudflare's Workers AI can generate insights from datasets like WNBA stats easily using simple API calls.

User-friendly OAuth and authentication solution deployable on Cloudflare or self-hosted with minimal configuration.

Cloudflare upgraded its developer documentation framework to Astro for better scalability and community contributions.

Cloudflare successfully defended against a patent troll, reducing claims from hundreds to just one and winning at trial.

Global internet traffic grew by 17.2% in 2023, with the US responsible for a large share of bot traffic.

Global internet traffic grew 17.2%, influenced by trends in connectivity and the rise of AI.

Cloudflare's annual report details a 17.2% increase in global internet traffic, highlighting growth trends in mobile, IPv6, and the programming landscape.

Go is now the leading programming language for API clients, overtaking Node.js according to Cloudflare's latest report.

Go has overtaken Node.js to become the most popular language for automated API requests according to Cloudflare's 2024 review.

The efficiency of the security function is essential for maximizing digital investments in modern enterprises.

Security efficiency is vital for enterprises to maximize digital investment value.

Cloudflare experienced a significant log data loss due to a failed service update, compromising customer data analytics for 3.5 hours.

Cloudflare experienced significant data loss due to a faulty software update in its logging service.

Composable architecture facilitates the creation of complex systems from small, reusable components, enhancing scalability and flexibility for cloud-native applications.

Composable architecture enhances efficiency by allowing the use of small, reusable components in building cloud-native applications.

Composable architecture enhances cloud-native application development by promoting reusable components, enabling efficient scaling, flexibility, and reliability.

Cloudflare enhances AI bot defense for customers, enabling analytics on web scrapers to improve control over unwelcome content.

JavaScript challenges block web scraping by requiring execution of scripts that verify human presence.

Cloudflare offers a way to block AI bots from scraping website content to preserve a safe internet for content creators.

AI Audit by Cloudflare empowers website owners to monitor and control AI bots' interaction with their content.

Cloudflare launches AI Audit to help content creators manage and control AI model usage of their content.

Increase in malicious traffic due to geopolitical events and voting seasons highlighted in Cloudflare's 2024 Application Security Report.

Preventing bot spam requires filtering at the firewall, but limitations exist when using services like Cloudflare.

X's recent availability in Brazil resulted from an inadvertent network change, complicating government ban enforcement.

X's temporary service restoration in Brazil was due to a switch in network providers, but it is expected to be blocked again soon.

X's return online in Brazil was a coincidence due to a switch in IT vendors, not an intentional act to bypass the ban.