November 29, 2023
November 2023 UltraWAF Countermeasure of the Month
Our featured countermeasure this month is Bot Signatures. Bot signatures are under the Bot Management tab in a sub-tab titled “Signatures.”
Michael Smith
Field CTO
Michael Smith is Vercara's Field Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for the organization's overall technology strategy including product management, threat intelligence, customer support, and sales and channels enablement. Smith initially started as a Russian translator in the U.S. Army, before serving in CTO roles in startups and information security officer roles leading major government security projects. With over 30 years of experience in cybersecurity, information technology, and intelligence, he has managed high-profile incidents such as the wave of DDoS attacks against major U.S. banks in 2012 and 2013 and attacks by e-commerce account takeover gangs, as well as security monitoring for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2014 Winter Olympic Games, and preparations for both the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games.
Articles by Michael Smith
November 7, 2023
Defense in Depth in UltraDDR
Deep dive on UltraDDR’s four distinct and complementary detection engines and how they can help you better protect your employees, systems, and data.
November 2, 2023
Bring Your Own Lists to UltraDDR
Within UltraDDR, one of the 4 detection engines is the Lists Engine. This simple yet powerful feature expands UltraDDR's capabilities, seamlessly integrating with other tools and processes.
October 25, 2023
October 2023 UltraWAF Countermeasure of the Month
Our featured countermeasure this month is IP Reputation. IP reputation is under the Bot Profile Tab and the Protections sub-tab.
September 7, 2023
Blocking DNS Exfiltration with UltraDDR
In this post, we’ll detail how to block DNS Tunneling with the UltraDDR Security Solution. This will allow you to see if there is suspicious traffic that may indicate an attack on your network and what malicious parties are trying.
August 21, 2023
August 2023 UltraWAF Countermeasure of the Month
Website security should not be overlooked. UltraWAF, our flagship product with the most number of licenses in the world, can detect threats that other systems may miss and mitigate the damage caused by malicious bots and web crawlers.
August 17, 2023
Detecting DNS Exfiltration and Tunneling with UltraDDR
In this blog post we will go through the complexity of a typical DNS tunneling scenario and examine how effective UltraDDR is at detecting and blocking such malware activity.
August 8, 2023
Building a Web Honeypot on UltraWAF
Learn about the honeypot setup of Vercara's UltraWAF and its role in an enterprise level security program.
July 31, 2023
July 2023 UltraWAF Countermeasure of the Month
In this post, we will go over the features of Rate Limiting and how it can be used to protect your website against malicious traffic.
July 25, 2023
Some of Our Favorite UltraDDR Policy Rules
Vercara's UltraDDR enterprise grade detection, identifies and blocks malware command and control (C2) servers, ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, botnets, and other malicious activity that use DNS as a mechanism for communication.
July 17, 2023
An Introduction to DNS Tunneling Detection & Data Exfiltration via DNS
UltraDDR is designed to protect networks and endpoints by blocking, or redirecting, malicious DNS requests such as phishing, malware distribution, command-and-control communication, data exfiltration, and DNS tunneling.
July 5, 2023
Three Load-Balancing Techniques for DDoS Mitigation and Web Application Firewall