Application Layer DDoS attacks are an extremely popular, and effective, technique used by cybercriminals to disrupt web-based services. There are several variations of application layer attacks, so...
Year: 2023
The Threat of DNS Amplification Attacks: Safeguarding Your Infrastructure
Denial of service attacks all have one goal in common – to use network traffic to overload a target system causing it to fail or become unresponsive. For the criminals behind these attacks, there is...
Solving a large DDoS attack problem for a leading telecommunications consultancy provider
FastNetMon Stories: Here from real users of the FastNetMon solution MKE Solutions, a leading telecommunications consultancy, turned to FastNetMon to address their critical problem of enduring 35...
IT Leaders Believe Visibility is Key to Network Security
A recent survey found 81% of IT leaders believe network visibility is essential for strong network security and response. The survey, conducted by Forrester on behalf of Infoblox, reached 423 IT...
How To Choose the Right Network Monitoring Tool
Recently, we wrote about how network visibility can help organisations detect cyber threats, illuminate network blind spots, optimise network performance, and more. Today, we’re taking a step back...
Why is Network Traffic Visibility Important?
Network security is a critical function for any business today—and it started with network traffic visibility. To protect against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, organisations must be able...
Network Observability: A Key Component of Your Anti-DDoS Strategy
Network observability is the first step in preventing any network-based cyberattack. Without the ability to observe the entire network, there is simply no way to detect and prevent malicious...
2022 Roundup: What Happened in the World of DDoS?
It’s 2023. A new year. But before we start talking about the latest DDoS trends, news, and mitigation advice, it’s worth looking back over the events of the year past. In this article, we’ll look at...
Your Anti-DDoS Strategy: Three Ways to Prevent Attacks
Anti-DDoS systems have become a crucial part of any cybersecurity strategy. According to the 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, DDoS attacks account for 40% of all security incidents. Attacks...
Indian ISP Protects Against Large Volumetric DDoS Attacks with FastNetMon
For an ISP, DDoS attacks can be hugely damaging. A large volumetric attack can disrupt customer-facing services, harming an ISP’s business model, damaging the customer experience, and potentially...