What to Do During a DDoS Attack (The First 15 Minutes)

When a DDoS attack starts, the first 15 minutes often decide how serious the impact will be.
This guide walks you through exactly what to do during those critical moments — from identifying real attack traffic to activating protection measures and communicating clearly with users.

Written from real-world incident response experience, the article focuses on calm decision-making, practical actions, and minimizing service disruption without panic or guesswork.

Layer 7 DDoS: Attacks That Behave Like Real Users

Layer 7 DDoS attacks do not rely on massive traffic floods. Instead, they quietly exploit expensive application endpoints while behaving like legitimate users. This technical article explains how these attacks work, why traditional defenses fail, and how modern systems detect and mitigate them.

Cybersecurity in 2025: VPNs, Proxies, and DDoS Protection in a Changing Threat Landscape

Cybersecurity in 2025 looks very different from previous years. VPNs are no longer just privacy tools, proxy infrastructures have become part of both defense and abuse, and DDoS attacks are shorter, smarter, and harder to detect.
This in-depth guide explores real-world U.S.-focused scenarios, regulatory realities, and modern protection strategies shaping VPN, proxy, and DDoS security in 2025.

Types of DDoS Attacks Explained (Cloud-Aware Edition)

DDoS attacks don’t always look like sudden outages. Sometimes they start as subtle latency spikes, exhausted thread pools, or “normal-looking” traffic that quietly overwhelms your application.
This guide breaks down Volumetric, Protocol, and Layer 7 DDoS attacks from a real-world, cloud-native perspective—using traffic logs, architectural patterns, and U.S.-specific compliance and risk considerations to help you understand not just what breaks, but why.

What Is a DDoS Attack? Why Do Websites Suddenly Go Down?

DDoS attacks are one of the most misunderstood causes of website downtime.
In this category, we explain how distributed attacks work, how bot traffic overwhelms servers, and how CDNs and web security layers help keep sites online — without fear-driven language or technical noise.
The goal is simple: understand the problem clearly before choosing the right protection.