The application layer, however, doesn’t do applications. It provides services such as message or file transfer, directory lookup, transaction processing, etc., to the true user applications.

Exploring Layer 3 Blockchains. In the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, L3 networks refer to application-specific networks built on top of existing L1 blockchains, such as Ethereum.

The number of DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks that target weak spots in Web applications in addition to network services has risen during the past year and attackers are using ...

The largest application layer attack came in at 138,990rps (requests per second), slightly higher than in Q3, but there was a decline in the average attack size, with just 15.7% of attacks ...

The application layer is an exponentially expanding layer cake of cyber security vulnerabilities, with the number of layer attacks rising in recent years. The root of the weakness is that app ...

A new project called TON Applications Chain (TAC) is building a layer-2 network for the TON Blockchain ecosystem, known for its affiliation with the popular messaging app Telegram. The project ...