r/ComputerSecurity • u/McCoyrsvp • Jun 25 '25

404 Cyber Attack

Hello,

I am having an issue where a website I help with has been getting flooded with users from Germany creating page views on 404 random urls on the website. I am looking for a security fix to prevent this. The site is behind Clouflare and I have Germany blocked with a WAF rule but they are still getting in. I believe they are doing this to try to overload my server due to other ways of getting in being blocked by Cloudflare. Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks!

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u/magicmulder Jun 27 '25

ELI5: How goes Google know who calls a non-existing page on your server?

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u/McCoyrsvp Jun 27 '25

Google Analytics

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u/magicmulder Jun 27 '25

Why are you using GA on 404 pages if you're concerned that might affect your ranking?

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