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DDoS in December 2025
Learn how sophisticated Layer 7 and network DDoS attacks evolved in December 2025, including the year’s largest attack and mitigation strategies.
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Streamlining User Experiences While Fighting Bots
Streamline user experiences and fight bots with Fastly's new embedded challenges for Bot Management.
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DDoS in November
DDoS attackers were largely absent on Black Friday 2025. Fastly’s latest report reveals why, and what the shifting attack patterns mean for your apps and APIs.
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CISO Insights: 10 modern capabilities to revamp your security
Explore essential strategies for updating your security measures. Understand the importance of addressing vulnerabilities and optimizing resources for better protection.
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Building Resilient Applications with Layered Security
Fastly's new security packages make layered application security easier to buy, use, and grow. Protect your apps with predictable pricing.
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React2Shell Continued: What to know and do about the 2 latest CVEs
In the wake of the critical severity React2Shell CVEs, two new CVEs exploiting similar Next.js and React components were announced on December 11. Learn more about these new CVEs.
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Fastly’s Proactive Protection for React2Shell, Critical React RCE CVE-2025-55182 and CVE-2025-66478
Protect your apps from the critical React RCE bugs (CVE-2025-55182/66478). Fastly's NGWAF Virtual Patch provides proactive defense.
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Three application security trends to monitor in 2025
Discover how cybersecurity professionals are adapting to a rapidly changing landscape. Explore insights on growth, consolidation, and automation in security strategies.
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From AI Crawlers to Headless Bots: How Automated Traffic is Changing the Web
Bots now drive nearly a third of web traffic. Learn how AI crawlers and headless bots are reshaping security, performance, and business decisions.
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IDC Study Reveals 3X Gains from Modern AppSec Programs
An IDC study reveals that modern AppSec programs achieve 3X better business outcomes and are almost 2X less likely to experience a data breach.
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Black Friday is Dead, Long Live Black Friday: Cyber 5 Traffic Insights
Black Friday isn’t the traffic spike it used to be. Fastly’s data shows holiday demand now stretches across all of November. Here’s what Cyber 5 2025 really looked like.
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How React2Shell is evolving: Industries and regions targeted
Fastly is seeing sustained React2Shell attacks across all industries and regions. Learn what’s happening and the critical steps enterprises should take to patch vulnerable apps.
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The Sleep Test: How Embracing Chaos Unlocks API Resilience
Learn how Fastly's API Discovery and new Inventory feature unlock API resilience for platform engineers by embracing chaos and strategic, thoughtful planning.
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3 Costly Mistakes in App and API Security and How to Avoid Them
Avoid costly app and API security mistakes. Learn how to streamline WAF evaluation, estimate TCO, and embrace agile development for optimal security.
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Wikipedia Tells AI Companies to "Stop Scraping"
Wikipedia cracks down on AI scraping, citing server strain and lost traffic. See why publishers are fighting back and turning to bot management.
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How to Control and Monetize AI Bot Traffic Using Fastly and TollBit
Monetize AI bot traffic! Fastly's Bot Management and TollBit have teamed up to offer granular control, performance, and flexibility to manage bots & unlock new revenue.
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Protecting Against Scrapers with Fastly Bot Management
Protect your website from scrapers and unauthorized access with Fastly Bot Management. Secure cached content, prevent price undercutting, and protect SEO.
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Fastly's Seven Years of Recognition as a Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice
Fastly was named a 2025 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for Cloud WAAP, marking seven consecutive years of recognition driven by customer trust and reviews.
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The Truth About Blocking AI, And How Publishers Can Still Win
Many AI crawlers aren’t following the rules, and robots.txt can’t stop them. Blocking Google’s AI means killing your SEO, but publishers aren’t completely out of options. Edge control is becoming their last real defense.
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Mitigating DDoS attacks faster and with even more accuracy
Learn how Fastly's Adaptive Threat Engine update for DDoS Protection boosts mitigation accuracy and reduces Mean Time to Mitigation by 72% for the holidays.
