I run a nonprofit educational website built with Django, Gunicorn, and Nginx behind Cloudflare. Around 1:00 AM on August 8, CPU usage began jumping from roughly 20% to…
I run a nonprofit educational website built with Django, Gunicorn, and Nginx behind Cloudflare. Starting around 1:00 AM on August 8, the server began experiencing repeating CPU spikes…
Hey everyone! I'm currently working on a personal MERN web application that I've hosted on Render. I'm planning to release it to a small community of players, with…
I've recently faced an overwhelming situation where a DDoS attack led my AWS S3 account to rack up a staggering bill of $15.5k for data transfer. After opening…
I was playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege with some friends when my WiFi and one of my friend's WiFi got turned off. I really don't want them…
I'm curious if a Denial of Wallet attack can be executed through Route 53. The pricing stands at $0.40 per million queries monthly. I get that pointing DNS…
I've been dealing with unwanted traffic hitting my web servers, and it's all coming from Microsoft IP addresses. When I block one IP, they just switch to another…
I've been looking into how Cloudflare operates, particularly when it comes to handling DDoS attacks. From what I gather, you can set up your application to reverse proxy…
I've noticed that sites, like gnu.org, have been overwhelmed by AI crawlers, impacting their availability. Given that AI companies are consuming a significant amount of energy and resources,…
Our website is currently facing a massive influx of requests from millions of IPv4 addresses. These requests occur intermittently; they ask for a page, execute JavaScript (as indicated…
I'm working on building a live DDoS attack map and while I have a general idea of what needs to be done, I'm stuck on several aspects. I…
I'm using AWS Lambda and API Gateway, but I'm concerned about potential DDoS attacks, especially with limited funds. AWS Shield Advanced can be really pricey at $3000, which…
I've been managing several e-commerce websites and frequently deal with all sorts of online threats. Recently, I noticed something strange happening on one of my sites on July…
I've been having some issues with my website and recently dealt with a minor DDoS attack that caused my server to go down for days. To stop it,…
Hey folks, I'm currently dealing with a frustrating DDoS attack on my AWS-hosted service and I need some solid advice. Here's the situation: My setup consists of users…
Hey everyone, I wanted to share a serious experience I've had with AWS that I think could help others avoid a similar situation. For the past six years,…