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We break down Cloudflare’s Q1 2025 DDoS Threat Report, showing a 358% year-over-year increase in DDoS attacks. Omer Yoachimik, Senior Product Manager for DDoS at Cloudflare, unpacks it all in the full video.

In this week’s episode, we talk about DDoS attacks and their sharp rise in recent months. We also start with a quick look at some Internet trends tied to the announcement of the new pope. To guide us through the world of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, host João Tomé is joined by our DDoS expert, Omer Yoachimik.

A year on from the publication of our inaugural cybersecurity survey in 2023, it is remarkable to see how many of the same issues continue to impact the work of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) in the region. In the 2024 edition of the Cloudflare study, we continued to build a better understanding of the threat landscape facing CISOs and their teams across Asia Pacific; with interviews we conducted among almost 4,000 cybersecurity professionals from 14 markets across the region.

AI is here to stay. But 67% of IT admins feel it's outpacing their ability to secure it. So how do we lead in the age of AI without getting left behind?

Discover how Cloudflare's Web Application Firewall (WAF) can safeguard your website against malicious threats.

In this week's episode, we talk about Internet disruptions — focusing on the recent major power and Internet blackout, while also reviewing the broader Internet disruptions of Q1 2025. Host João Tomé shares his firsthand experience during the blackout in Lisbon, Portugal, and how an old battery-powered FM radio came to the rescue. He’s joined by David Belson, Head of Data Insights at Cloudflare.