Cloudflare tests its WAF with frontier AI models, finds detection gaps
Cloudflare built a WAF tester that adapted each request based on whether its web application firewall blocked or passed it, then ran it across six attack categories on an authorized staging environment. The testing surfaced detection gaps, which Cloudflare says it fixed. The company described how the adaptive loop worked and what got through.
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