Case Study: Quad9 stops a global botnet attack in advance with BforeAI PreCrime Intelligence

Quad9 stops a botnet attack a month early with BforeAI, blocking 365 million hits

Quad9, a free protective Domain Name Server (DNS) service, was seeking to add value for its users and enhance its coverage by predicting and accurately alerting on malicious domain infrastructure before attacks could launch. To meet this challenge, they turned to the predictive cyberthreat intelligence from BforeAI, specifically their PreCrime Intelligence service.

By integrating BforeAI's PreCrime Intelligence, Quad9 gained access to predictive data on future malicious domains. This solution successfully predicted a major botnet attack a month in advance, allowing Quad9 to block the domain. When the attack launched, it was stopped, protecting Quad9's customers from harm. The attack generated over 365 million hits, with a peak of 94,000 unique resolutions per minute, all while BforeAI maintained a false positive rate of just 0.05%.

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