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DDoS in January

Arun Kumar, David King, + 1 more

Stay informed with Fastly's monthly DDoS report, highlighting a 14.5% rise in attacks. Utilize our data-driven insights to bolster your application's security.

Security
Industry insights

Three application security trends to monitor in 2025

David King

Discover how cybersecurity professionals are adapting to a rapidly changing landscape. Explore insights on growth, consolidation, and automation in security strategies.

Security
Industry insights

PCI DSS 4.0 Demystified

Lorraine Bellon

Stay informed about the upcoming PCI DSS 4.0 deadline on March 31, 2025. Learn how to enhance your security measures for processing cardholder data.

Industry insights
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The Open Web is Vibrant, and Vital to 2025

Austin Spires, Jenn Turner

Explore Fastly's commitment to the open web and education, where ideas flourish into impactful online experiences. Check out what members of Fast Forward accomplished in 2024.

Culture
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DDoS in December

Simran Khalsa, David King, + 1 more

Discover the latest trends and actionable insights on application DDoS attacks in December 2024. Strengthen your security with our expert analysis and guidance.

Security
Industry insights

Fastly’s Edge Cloud Industry Reports: A Year in Review

John Agger

Explore our industry reports on edge cloud strategies, addressing performance and security challenges. Unlock innovative solutions for common business challenges.

Industry insights
Edge network

Navigating the Challenges of Online Live Streaming

Hossein Lotfi

Join us as we delve into the realities of live event streaming, highlighting the lessons learned from disruptions and our commitment to delivering reliable viewer experiences.

Industry insights
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Battleground states: News media traffic during the 2024 election debates

Lloyd Tanaka

This blog describes the aggregated traffic in the seven states to news media outlets during the presidential and VP debates.

CDN & Delivery
Industry insights

CISO Insights: 10 modern capabilities to revamp your security

Lloyd Tanaka

Explore essential strategies for updating your security measures. Understand the importance of addressing vulnerabilities and optimizing resources for better protection.

Industry insights
Security

Fastly Instant Purge™: Under 150ms for Over a Decade

Laura Thomson

Since 2011, Fastly has been able to purge content globally in 150ms, we're excited to see other vendors catch up and help create a better internet.

CDN & Delivery
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Security and Bot Management is Crucial for eCommerce During Back-to-School Sales

John Agger

Strengthen your eCommerce site's security to protect customer information and maintain trust with back-to-school shoppers.

Security
Industry insights

Bot Wars: How Bad Bots are Hurting Businesses

Daniel Corbett, James Nguyen

Discover insights from our survey of 500 IT and security leaders on how malicious bots impact businesses. Learn to safeguard your digital assets effectively.

Security
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Active exploitation of unauthenticated stored XSS vulnerabilities in WordPress Plugins

Fastly Security Research Team, Simran Khalsa, + 2 more

We have observed active exploitation attempts targeting three high-severity CVEs: CVE-2024-2194, CVE-2023-6961, and CVE-2023-40000.

Security
Industry insights

Chaotic Good: Resilience Stress Tests at the Edge

Kelly Shortridge

Getting started with chaos experimentation? In this post, we’ll walk through a small starter example experiment – verifying basic security assumptions on a website.

Compute
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WASI 0.2: Unlocking WebAssembly’s Promise Outside the Browser

Tyler McMullen, Luke Wagner

The WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) Subgroup recently reached a significant milestone by voting to launch WASI 0.2, also known as WASI Preview 2.

Industry insights
WebAssembly

Let’s Encrypt Chain of Trust Impact

Shane Burgess, David King

Our commitment to widespread trust allows Certainly to support organizations affected by Let’s Encrypt’s looming changes and beyond.

Industry insights

What can you actually do to reduce the threat of hacks like xz?

Anil Dash

With the recent xz hack in the news, it's crucial to support maintainers of open source projects. Fastly has been doing just that with our open source program, Fast Forward.

DevOps
Industry insights

Are APIs the Key to Digital Innovation or a Trojan Horse?

Jay Coley

In this new report, we surveyed 235 IT and cybersecurity professionals across Europe to shed light on the state of API security.

Security
Industry insights

PCI DSS v 4.0 Everything to know before Mar 31, 2024

David King

The PCI Security Standards Council announced Version 4.0, the latest iteration forces nearly every organization to update policies, procedures, and more.

Security
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The future of device detection on the web

Andrew Betts

As the future of device detection evolves to protect user data, client hints and other solutions rise to meet the needs of developers looking to deliver a better user experience.

DevOps
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