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Cloudflare operates a global content delivery and security network that sits between internet users and websites or services. It provides distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation, web application firewall (WAF) capabilities, and secure DNS resolution, helping to filter malicious traffic and improve site availability. By proxying traffic through its edge servers, Cloudflare can inspect, block, or rate-limit requests based on threat intelligence and configured security policies.

From an information security perspective, Cloudflare’s platform introduces critical considerations around trust and attack surface. Organizations relying on it must monitor for vulnerabilities in its software stack and configuration errors that could expose sensitive data or allow bypass of protections. Additionally, Cloudflare’s role as a traffic intermediary means that any compromise or misconfiguration could impact confidentiality and integrity of data in transit, making careful management of encryption and access controls essential.

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Bank Info Security 9 months, 4 weeks ago

Breach Roundup: Microsoft, Cloudflare Dismantle RaccoonO365

Also, Colt Services Outage Persists, Finland Charges Americans in Vastaamo HackThis week, Microsoft hit RaccoonO365, Colt Technology Services, Finland charged a U.S. citizen in Vastaamo hack. RevengeHotels hackers used AI, Meta can't overturn a privacy case verdict. Chinese hackers unleashed spear phishing emails. Prosper confirmed a data breach, as did Kering fashion houses.

Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit said it teamed up with Cloudflare to coordinate the seizure of 338 domains used by RaccoonO365, a financially motivated threat group that was behind a phishing-as-a-service (Phaas) toolkit used to steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials from 94 countries since July 2024