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Designing SYN Flood Mitigation for the Real Internet

Retransmission-based SYN flood mitigation—dropping the first SYN and accepting connections only on client retry—is preferred over SYN cookies because it preserves full TCP performance, eliminates reflection risks, and scales more effectively.
Donny Chong
Nexusguard
26 Feb 2026
3 mins read

From protection to accountability: a year that quietly changed cybersecurity

Outages in 2025 turned cybersecurity into accountability. Trust came from explaining, not just preventing. 2026 is about ownership.
Donny Chong
Nexusguard
02 Feb 2026
8 mins read

Seeing Inside the Kernel: How Nexusguard Uses eBPF for High-Precision Observability and Security

A practical look at how eBPF enables precise, low-overhead observability in modern security platforms
Gao Shen
Nexusguard
19 Jan 2026
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DDoS Attacks,DDoS Mitigation,DDoS Protection,Origin Protection,SmartFilter

Automatic filtering via Nexusguard SmartFilter, for intelligent mitigation

By combining automated mitigation with accurate Smart Detection, Nexusguard’s SmartFilter provides an intelligent approach to implementing cost-effective, fast-to-deploy, real-time protection against DDoS attacks.
Nexusguard
02 Jan 2022
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2022
Origin Protection
Origin Protection
Artificial Intelligence,Cybersecurity,DDoS Mitigation,DDoS Protection,DDoS detection,Machine learning

CSPs need to adopt smarter ways to identify DDoS threats

Combining dynamic threshold baselines to determine a more precise attack signature with multi-dimensional DDoS detection using a wide range of baseline metrics provides a more elaborate and accurate detection process.
Nexusguard
19 Dec 2021
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Application Protection,Cybersecurity,Vulnerabilities

Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) in Apache Log4j

Our platforms enforce strict inspections and undergo rigorous security hardening to ensure there is no risk of high-severity vulnerabilities.
Nexusguard
14 Dec 2021
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2021
Application Protection
Application Protection
Application Protection,Cybersecurity,HTTP attacks

Preventing Slow HTTP Attacks

Nexusguard’s highly customizable Slow Rate Policy allows customization of HTTP header and body parameters so that slow HTTP attacks never fly under the radar.
Nexusguard
07 Nov 2021
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2021
Application Protection
Application Protection
Bastions Family,Cyber Attack,DDoS Mitigation,DDoS Protection,Managed Security Service Provider,TAP

A Managed DDoS Service makes absolute sense for ISPs

A good security solution provider will stay up to date with new attack vectors and trends and have an arsenal of tools at their disposal to stay on top of today’s ever-changing threat landscape.
Nexusguard
17 Oct 2021
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Bit-and-Piece Attacks,Communications Service Provider,Cyber Attack,DDoS Mitigation,DDoS Protection

Attackers continue to derive new attack patterns using the Bit-and-Piece, aka Carpet Bombing framework

Check out our blog to find out more about the wide variety of attack vectors employed with bit-and-piece attacks that can easily pass through DDoS defences.
Nexusguard
14 Sep 2021
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2021
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Application Protection,Cyber Attack,DDoS Mitigation,RangeAmp attack

Defending Against RangeAmp Attacks

Nexusguard’s mitigation methodology involves filtering and stringent rule checking techniques that inspect all HTTP requests so that malicious or invalid requests never reach the backend server.
Nexusguard
06 Sep 2021
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2021
Application Protection
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Cyber Attack,Cybersecurity,Managed Security Service Provider,Nexusguard Partner Program,TAP

Why Cybersecurity needs to be a top priority for MSPs and their partners

Since cybersecurity should be a top priority for any organization regardless of size, partnering with an accomplished security solution provider is the best option to protect your assets - this is where Nexusguard comes in.
Nexusguard
30 Aug 2021
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