Besides #Google's public DNS; 8.8.8.8 and #Cloudflare 's DNS 1.1.1.1, a little known company that runs the 4.2.2.1 through to 4.2.2.6 public DNS servers, known as #Level3 Communications is a subsidiary of #LumenTechnologies (formerly, CenturyLink).

Lumen Technologies is listed on the NYSE and is up 253% year-to-date.

The company signed a deal with Corning which gave it dominance in the global fiberoptic market.

There's no AI growth without global interconnectivity. The company signed a deal with #Microsoft to use Microsoft's cloud and AI tech to enhance its enterprise-wide digital transformation.

The company bagged $5 billion worth of network infrastructure deals in August and is looking to sign $7 billion worth of more deals in this quarter.

#Cloudflare recently mitigated the largest recorded distributed denial-of-service (#DDoS ) attack, peaking at 3.8 terabits per second (Tbps), during a campaign targeting financial services, internet, and telecom sectors. The attack lasted for a month, with over 100 hyper-volumetric attacks, one of which lasted 65 seconds. The attack overwhelmed network infrastructure with large volumes of data, some exceeding two billion packets per second. Many compromised devices, including #ASUS routers and #MikroTik systems, were involved, with significant infection in Russia, Vietnam, the U.S., Brazil, and Spain. The attackers mainly used the UDP protocol to execute the attacks. Previously, Microsoft held the record with a 3.47 Tbps DDoS attack on its Azure network.

Additionally, Akamai highlighted that #vulnerabilities in Linux CUPS servers could become a potential vector for future DDoS attacks, with over 58,000 systems currently exposed. Testing revealed CUPS flaws could amplify attacks through repeated requests, presenting a significant threat - #bleepingcomputer

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🔥 BREAKING: Brazilians are now able to access #𝕏 without a VPN.

Reports suggest this is due to 𝕏 adopting #Cloudflare 's services to protect its servers. This protection dynamically changes 𝕏's IP address.

In #Brazil , Cloudflare runs major institutions, including banks and government websites etc, making app blocking much more difficult.