







In the past, we’ve spoken about how Cloudflare is architected to sustain the largest DDoS attacks. During traffic surges we spread the traffic across a very large number of edge servers.
Cloudflare DDoS Threat Report 2026 Q3: More swarms, fewer giants
Cloudflare mitigated over 8,200 DDoS attacks per hour in Q3 2026 as attackers shifted to shorter, high-frequency strikes. Explore the latest threat data, including the collapse of CLDAP vectors and the impact of recent botnet takedowns.


The age of agents: cryptographically recognizing agent traffic
Cloudflare now lets websites and bot creators use Web Bot Auth to segment agents from verified bots, making it easier for customers to allow or disallow the many types of user and partner directed bots the explosion of AI agents has created.

Trapping misbehaving bots in an AI Labyrinth
How Cloudflare uses generative AI to slow down, confuse, and waste the resources of AI Crawlers and other bots that don’t respect “no crawl” directives.

The Day Anubis Saved Our Websites From a DDoS Attack
Anubis, designed to protect your website from unwanted requests from AI crawlers, is way more powerful than you might think.

Bot Traffic from AS13238 | Cloudflare Radar
Bot Traffic trends and insights from AS13238 YANDEX Yandex LLC.

Bot Traffic from AS13238 | Cloudflare Radar
Bot Traffic trends and insights from AS13238 YANDEX Yandex LLC.

Introducing Kitesurf: The agent-first browser that runs in V8 isolates on Cloudflare Workers
We should be giving all agents tools that excel at what’s important for an AI model. Kitesurf is Cloudflare’s new stateless, highly scalable, and cost-effective web browser that runs entirely on top of Workers and was designed specifically for the Agentic Cloud.

How OpenAI's bot crushed this seven-person company's website ‘like a DDoS attack’ | TechCrunch
OpenAI was sending “tens of thousands” of server requests trying to download Triplegangers' entire site which hosts hundreds of thousands of photos.

Keeping the Web Open and Private in the Bot Era | The Mozilla Blog
If you’ve been running into endless CAPTCHAS or website login requests lately, you’re not imagining things. Websites, facing a rising tide of abu

A fully programmable secure web gateway
Cloudflare Gateway and Data Loss Prevention have inherited the flexibility and power of Cloudflare Workers through our full-stack integration with the Cloudflare Developer platform.

NeurIPS Poster Stop DDoS Attacking the Research Community with AI-Generated Survey Papers
Slides and Video for Stop DDoS Attacking the Research Community with AI-Generated Survey Papers

Double Counter — Discord Security Bot
The most trusted Discord security bot. Block alt accounts, raids, and VPNs with a privacy-respecting, data-powered verification system. Trusted by 600,000+ communities since 2020.
Cloudflare for Startups | Cloudflare
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Temporary Cloudflare Accounts for AI agents
The moment an agent needs to deploy something, it slams face-first into a wall built for humans. Today we're rolling out Temporary Accounts on Cloudflare Workers. Any agent can now run wrangler deploy — temporary and get a live Worker in seconds.

Cloudflare One
Cloudflare One replaces legacy security perimeters with our global edge, making the Internet faster and safer for teams around the world.