The Tripod Foundation of a Database Analytics Solution for Today’s Threat Landscape

In the first and second posts in this series, we explained why traditional approaches are no longer viable to take on today’s threat landscape and showed why internally-generated attacks are so difficult to stop. In this post, we’ll identify the critical elements of a highly effective database...

Imperva Mitigates Massive Bot Attack of 400 Million Requests

Imperva Advanced Bot Protection detected and stopped the largest bot attack in Imperva history. The web scraping attack targeted a global job listing site with operations in six countries. The attacker used a large-scale botnet, generating no less than 400 million bot requests from nearly 400,000...

7 data privacy solution features your organization needs to have

The worldwide data privacy regulation landscape is changing National laws and state/provincial laws continue to be enacted and strengthened to ensure their citizens’ data is protected and give individuals more control over how personal data is collected, used, and shared. No matter what industry...

Recent NPM package hack is an alarming reminder of the risks of website supply-chain fraud

There are over 1.8 billion websites online today. Almost 98% of them are powered by JavaScript, and for a good reason: JavaScript’s flexibility and portability enable the rich online functionality we’ve all come to know and love. But when that same functionality becomes a significant vector for...

How to Exploit SQL Server Using Registry Keys

At the Imperva Research Labs we have the chance to scrutinize various security situations. In this blog, we will take a closer look at database security on SQL Server. One routine approach that security practitioners employ to protect databases is deploying honeypots and waiting for bad actors to...

GDPR and Breach Detection: How to Ask the Right Questions to Meet the GDPR Breach Notification Rule

It is now less than four months before the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR becomes effective. This new data regulation of the European Union is designed to provide individuals with rights and protections over their personal data collected by business around the world. It aims to unify dat...

DevOps in the Cloud: How Data Masking Helps Speed Development, Securely

Many articles have discussed the benefits of DevOps in the cloud. For example, the centralization of cloud computing provides DevOps automation with a standard platform for testing and development; the tight integration between DevOps tools and cloud platforms lowers the cost associated with...

Shortening Your DCAP Short List: Five Critical Things to Consider for a Data-Centric Audit and Protection Solution

Exponential data growth. You’ve heard it many times before, but it’s still the most accurate way to describe the enormous and growing amount of data that businesses generate and collect today. It’s this growth that is driving today’s enterprises to revisit their strategies for data security and...

Hot on the Credential Theft Trail: Tracking a Hacker from a Dropbox Phishing Campaign

We the Imperva Defense Center research team frequently investigate cases of credential theft to gain a deeper understanding of methods and tools used by cyber criminals—in particular, to learn how accounts are taken over once credentials are compromised through phishing campaigns. We recently cho...

Securing the Journey: Cybersecurity Challenges in the Tourism Industry

This weekend is World Tourism Day, a celebration of the global travel industry and the cultural, economic, and social connections it fosters. However, as the tourism industry continues to grow and evolve, it faces an increasing array of cybersecurity threats. From data breaches targeting personal...

The Future of SSL Certificate Management: Adapting to Shortened Renewal Periods

The industry is evolving yet again. With the CA/Browser Forum's recent decision to reduce the maximum SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle to 47 days by 2029, the way organizations manage their certificates is going to change significantly—and sooner than most realize. This update builds on the trend of...

Meet Andy Zollo, SVP of APJ Sales

Andy Zollo, who led the Imperva business in EMEA, relocated to Singapore in October to be Senior Vice President of Sales for the combined Imperva and Thales CPL businesses in the APJ region. With a wealth of experience in sales leadership and business transformation, Andy is set to play a vital...

What’s Different About Data Security in the Cloud? Almost Everything.

In 2019, most organizations already had digital transformation plans in place. These plans included migrating workloads to modern cloud architectures. However, the Covid-19 pandemic compelled organizations to expedite their modernization efforts due to practical reasons. For instance, setting up ...

Simplifying Infrastructure Management with Imperva’s Terraform Module for Cloud WAF

In todays rapidly evolving technological landscape, managing infrastructure efficiently is paramount for businesses striving to stay competitive. With the rise of cloud computing, Infrastructure as Code IaC has emerged as a game-changer, enabling organizations to automate the provisioning and...

Five Takeaways from Black Friday & Cyber Monday Cyber Attacks

The online retail industry is one of the prime targets for cybercrime, as detailed in our annual analysis of the cybersecurity threats targeting eCommerce websites and applications. As the 2023 holiday shopping season continues, Imperva Threat Research is closely monitoring how cybercriminals are...

How Ticket Scalping Impacts Asia’s Live Entertainment Industry

Asia’s booming live entertainment industry has recently been plagued by a growing problem of ticket scalping. The term refers to the act of purchasing live event tickets in bulk by individuals, often through the use of automation aka bots, to later resell them at exorbitant prices. The issue isn’...

The Anatomy of a Scalping Bot: NSB Goes Undercover & How it Avoids Detection

In the first blog post, we introduced you to the Nike Shoe Bot NSB, one of the most dangerous scalping bots around. We outlined its purpose, its behavior, and described how we recovered its source code. In this blog post, we will take a closer look at the bots source code, and determine what...

From Online Fraud to DDoS and API Abuse: The State of Security Within eCommerce in 2022

What are the biggest cybersecurity threats affecting online retailers today? The State of Security Within eCommerce in 2022 Report from Imperva is now available and answers that question. For this report, Imperva’s cybersecurity experts analyzed 12 months of data, collected from our global networ...

Are you getting the most out of your security platform investment?

In the last few years, most organizations had to accelerate their digital transformation to continue operations during the pandemic. However, as more software, applications, and data architectures were added to the technology stack, the number of tools implemented to secure these assets became...

Evasive Bots Drive Online Fraud – 2022 Imperva Bad Bot Report

The 2022 Imperva Bad Bot Report is now available. The report is the ninth annual in-depth analysis of bot traffic, created with data collected from Impervas global network throughout the past year by the Imperva Threat Research Team. Bad bots are software applications that run automated tasks wit...

Data Protection as the Foundation of Trust: Celebrating Privacy Awareness Week in APAC

As part of our mission to help organisations protect their data and all paths to it, Imperva is supporting Privacy Awareness Week in Australia and Singapore, with the aim of educating individuals and organisations about the importance of data privacy and protection. In today’s digital economy, da...

CISA Warns CISOs to Brace for Attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, a United States federal agency under the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, is urging business leaders and those responsible for digital security to prepare for attacks and adapt their digital security posture. This is...

Imperva Suspends Operations in Russia and Belarus

We are heartbroken by the escalation of events in Ukraine, and the tragic loss of life, displacement of people, culture and history. The safety of our global team remains a priority, and we’re in constant communication with Impervians in Ukraine to ensure their well-being and that of their...

Build successful data security evaluation criteria with help from your peers

When you evaluate data security products it is imperative to have the end goal in sight. If you look forward 365 days from now, what is the best way to predict how your team will use the product so that you can communicate the value that it will provide? One approach is to examine operational...

The role of runtime protection in eCommerce security

What is e-commerce security? E-commerce security is the set of guidelines that are designed to allow safe transactions on the web. These guidelines include steps and protocols that help protect the sale and purchase of goods and services online. Appropriate e-commerce security measures boost...

Lead a Cross-Organization Test Automation Project Fearlessly!

Last year, Imperva initiated a cross-organizational software project focused on creating a new management console and I had the privilege to lead its test automation effort. In this blog, I will explain the challenges we faced as technical leaders in executing the project and reveal the solutions...

Online fraud at an all-time high amidst the global pandemic

Client-side attacks have become significantly more prominent in recent years, gaining popularity since 2015. As online activity rises due to the global pandemic, 2020 has been no exception, with the most susceptible target, e-commerce, becoming more lucrative than ever. The Client-Side Problem...

The Trickster Hackers – Backdoor Obfuscation and Evasion Techniques

A backdoor is a method for bypassing the normal authentication or encryption of a system. Sometimes developers construct backdoors to their own programs for various reasons. For example, to provide easy maintenance, developers introduce a backdoor that enables them to restore the manufacturer’s...

Data Protection and the GDPR Job Market

The May 2018 deadline for full GDPR compliance will be upon us all before we know it. The GDPR will affect all organizations—regardless of their location—that handle personal data coming out of the EU. Article 37 of the GDPR requires organizations to retain a data protection officer DPO if, among...

Today’s File Security is So ’80s, Part 3: Dynamic Peer Groups – 3 Examples from Customer Data

In the first two parts of this series, we discussed why permissions management, the traditional approach to file security, no longer works and introduced a new approach to file security that leverages machine learning to build dynamic peer groups based on how users actually access files. In this...

Get a Single View of WAF Events with the Imperva AppSecurity View App for Splunk Enterprise

Enterprises are adopting a hybrid infrastructure model to take advantage of rapid deployment of cloud-based services and higher computing power. A compilation of analyst predictions by SecureWorks, shows that the cloud continues to gain momentum as organizations embrace and benefit from new ways ...

Get Going on Your GDPR Plan [Infographic]

General Data Protection Regulation GDPR enforcement begins May 2018. Are you ready? While enforcement may seem a way off, you don’t want to get derailed by last-minute planning efforts. Organizations should revisit their security and compliance strategies today to ensure they’re prepared to meet...

API Security Operations: How to Move from Visibility to Measurable Risk Reduction

A five-level operating model for turning API security visibility into measurable risk reduction, faster remediation, and confident digital growth — without slowing development. What is API security operationalization? API security operationalization is the process of converting API discovery and...

The API Battleground: Why APIs are the new frontline—and how to stop the stealthiest attacks

APIs used to be the quiet backstage crew that made apps feel magical. Now attackers have learned the script — they walk onstage, deliver perfectly polite lines, and walk off with the props. In H1 2025 Imperva observed 40,000+ API incidents across 4,000+ monitored environments , including an...

Imperva API Security: Authentication Risk Report—Key Findings & Fixes

An in-depth analysis of common JSON Web Token JWT mistakes, basic auth, long-lived tokens, and quick, high-impact fixes to secure your APIs . Introduction APIs are the backbone of modern digital services—from mobile apps and e-commerce to banking and IoT. That scale and utility also make them pri...

GSocket Gambling Scavenger – How Hackers Use PHP Backdoors and GSocket to Facilitate Illegal Gambling in Indonesia

Since 1974, gambling has been officially illegal in Indonesia. However, the digital revolution of the 2000s introduced a new challenge: the rapid growth of online gambling platforms. This technological shift has created enforcement gaps, compelling the Indonesian government to intensify its effor...

Breaking it Down: A Data-Centric Security Perspective on NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

On February 26, 2024, NIST released version 2.0 of the Cybersecurity Framework. This blog reviews the fundamental changes introduced in CSF 2.0 and data-centric security considerations that should be made when aligning with the new framework. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, efficient...

Harsher penalties for data breaches in new Australian privacy bill

High-profile breaches mean high-profile action In the aftermath of another crop of high-profile data breaches, the Australian Government also known as the Commonwealth Government has introduced amendments to Australian privacy law which give the regulator new powers and the ability to impose...

“Don’t touch that server. Ralf set that up, and we don’t know what it does.”

Based on a true story… More than a couple of decades ago, I went to work for a network and web company as their customer marketing department. It was a crazy time. Online marketing was all about getting on DMOZ, Lycos was still a puppy, asking Jeeves felt like talking to an AI, and how you laid o...

By the Numbers: The Cost of Insider Data Breach vs The Cost of Protection

The global business data security landscape has become dramatically more challenging over the last few years. One of the main reasons for this is insider threats, as reported in the 2022 Cost of Insider Threats Global Report, independently conducted by The Ponemon Institute. Several factors have...

The FP Paradox on the battlefield against COVID-19 and cyber threats

Lets consider for a moment the “next” communicable virus. You show no symptoms but you try a home testing kit anyway, expecting the result to be negative. To your great surprise, the result is positive! The information enclosed in the testing kit package explained that the test results are nearly...

Getting to Know Cybersecurity Awareness Month Champion: Imperva

As a cybersecurity industry leader, it is both our responsibility and our pleasure to work with the National Cyber Security Alliance NCSA and ​​the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency CISA of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a 2021 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Champion and to join...

Configuring Imperva SecureSphere for GDPR Compliance: Part One

Time is running out. 23 days until GDPR enforcement The GDPR effective date is less than a month away and, given the significant risk and potential costs associated with a failure to comply, organizational readiness efforts continue to mount. GDPR non-compliance penalties can be severe up to 79...

Building a Security Risk Management Program

The frequency of data breaches today highlights the need to peel back the onion on security programs and identify a laser-focused mission and ultimate goal. As a compliance manager, I know the horror stories first hand. Let’s take a deeper dive into security and risk management basics to enable...

3 Steps to Protecting Sensitive Data

Cyber criminals, compromised insiders, malicious users, hacktivists. It seems like everyone is getting in on the threat game. In fact, despite efforts to prevent them, last year the U.S. experienced a 40% increase in data breaches according to a report by the Identity Theft Resource Center and...

Anthropic Mythos: Separating Signal from Hype

The recent buzz around Anthropic’s Mythos model has been intense, and for good reason. Early reports suggest a model that significantly advances automated reasoning over large codebases, vulnerability discovery, and exploit generation. Some are already calling it a “game changer” for offensive...

Paris, The Thinker, and why your WAF should block XSS by default

With Thales HQ in Paris, it felt right to detour to the Musée Rodin and stand before The Thinker, the bronze giant by Auguste Rodin whose clenched posture and chin-in-hand stance have become a universal symbol of deep judgment. Conceived for The Gates of Hell in 1880 and first cast monumentally i...

When You’re Always Under #DDoS Attack

We recently mitigated a 1.55 terabit per second Tbps, DDoS attack for a steady customer of ours. This particular customer is a reputable domain name service DNS provider. I’ve personally used them for over a decade to register domains for all the projects I will never complete or, tbh, start. But...

Cyber Threats in Costume: When Attacks Hide Behind a Mask

Introduction As Halloween approaches, the idea of costumes and disguises takes center stage, but the spirit of deception isn’t limited to one night. In the digital world, cyberattacks can also wear masks, concealing their true intentions to slip past defenses. Just as a costume can obscure who’s...

Do Any HTTP Clients Not Support SNI?

In this blog post, we’ll share the results of an internal research project we conducted on our CDN customers focused on websites that are getting non-Server Name Indication SNI traffic. The goal of our research was to answer the following questions: How much non-SNI traffic is seen? What is the...