Cloud infrastructure company FireHost blocked over 100 million malicious hack attempts in 2013, many of them coming from cloud service provider networks, according to a new report.
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‘Black Hole’ Effect Leads to Fewer Attacks on FireHost
Why has the total number of attacks reported by FireHost dropped from more than 17,000,000 in Q3 2013 to less than 9,000,000 in Q4 2013? FireHost claims this is at least partly to do with it’s IP reputation management filtering service that is creating a “black hole” effect in which would-be hackers don’t even attempt attacks on FireHost’s servers.
FireHost Report Shows Cybercriminals Are Using the Cloud to Deploy Attacks
July 30, 2013 — Cloud hosting provider FireHost announced on Tuesday it has published its Q2 2013 Web application attack statistics as part of FireHost’s quarterly Superfecta report, which shows that cyber criminals are increasingly using the cloud to deploy malicious attacks.
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FireHost Report Finds 80 Percent of Web Application Attacks Originate in the US
April 24, 2012 — Cloud hosting provider FireHost blocked a total of 19 million attacks for its clients in Q1 2012, according to a report released on Tuesday.
Web Host FireHost Prevents 50 Million Cyberattacks Looks to Expand Global Team
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider FireHost announced on Thursday its plans for expanding to support its growth, and that its existing team was successful in mitigating more than 50 million cyber attacks this year, including SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and brute force attempts.
According to a press release, FireHost is hiring in all positions at its headquarters in Dallas, as well as in its new UK office as it sees demand for its services grow beyond the US.
In addition to securing a $ 10 million funding round in September, FireHost launched its PCI 2.0 cloud this year. FireHost says the funding will be used to further accelerate its growth.
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Web Host FireHost Adds SSD and Load Balancing to Cloud Hosting
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web host FireHost (www.firehost.com) announced on Tuesday that it has launched solid state drive storage and virtual load balancing designed for secure cloud environments.
In April, FireHost launched its PCI DSS compliant secure public cloud.
According to the press release, the new cloud enhancements deliver more reliable performance and shorter load times for businesses experiencing a high volume of traffic.
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