Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks at layers 3 and 4 are blunt, fast, and disruptive. If youโre running networks at any scale, chances are youโve already seen your fair share of UDP...
Month: July 2025
New Botnet โRondoDoxโ Targets Unpatched DVRs and Routers for Stealthy DDoS Campaigns
In a continuing wave of new malware activity, researchers have uncovered a botnet dubbed RondoDox, which is actively exploiting known vulnerabilities in TBK digital video recorders (DVRs) and...
New Botnet โHpingbotโ Emerges with Pastebin-Based Payload Delivery and Hping3 DDoS Engine
A newly discovered botnet family dubbed Hpingbot is gaining attention in the cybersecurity community for its novel approach to malware delivery and DDoS execution. Detected by NSFOCUSโs Fuying Lab...
Meet the botnets breaking the Internet: Part 2
For over two decades, botnets have been at the heart of some of the most disruptive activity online - from large-scale DDoS campaigns to credential theft and malware distribution. While the end...
How to set a threshold for RTBH/BGP Blackhole: A practical guide to threshold-based DDoS defence
Threshold-based DDoS defence is one of the most effective ways to automate blackhole routing for high-volume attacks, without the need for constant manual oversight. In this post, weโll break down...
FastNetMon Interviewed by Safety Detectives: Rethinking DDoS Protection for a Faster, Safer Internet
FastNetMon was recently featured in an interview with Safety Detectives, a cybersecurity blog. The conversation covers the rising threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and how...
Path of Exile tightens DDoS protection following service disruptions
Grinding Gear Games (GGG), the developer of the action RPG Path of Exile, has implemented new security updates to strengthen its protection against Distributed DenialโofโService (DDoS) attacks. The...