A newly emerged hacktivist collective calling itself Hezi Rash (โBlack Forceโ) has sharply increased DDoS activity across multiple countries. Between August and October 2025, researchers...
Year: 2025
Russias food safety under DDoS attack
Russiaโs national food-safety regulator, Rosselkhoznadzor, faced a DDoS incident last week that took down its digital certification systems and disrupted product shipments across the country. What...
Network Engineering Community News: October 2025
Welcome to our Network Engineering Community News! Hi from FastNetMon! October brought plenty of tricks and treats on the network front: outbound DDoS attacks, new botnets lurking in misconfigured...
Event recap – RITE 2025
FastNetMon joined the Romanian Internet Technologies Event (RITE) this week in Bucharest โ a gathering focused on how decentralisation, enhanced security and shifting traffic dynamics are reshaping...
Event recap โ RIPE 91
Packets, People, and Post-Quantum Coffee โ Notes from a RIPE Newbie After ten years, the RIPE community returned to Bucharest โ a city thatโs clearly spent the last decade delightfully upgrading its...
FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.373
Release date: 16 October, 2025 Version: 2.0.373 FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.373 has been released with security hardening, telemetry enhancements, and new integrations. Weโve added device allow-lists...
Help โ Iโve Been Sent a Ransom Note from a DDoS Group: What Should I Do?
Every now and then, a network operatorโs inbox lights up with a DDoS ransom note โ bold claims, big threats, and a bitcoin address waiting for payment. Weโve seen plenty of them ourselves. Some come...
Press release: FastNetMon announces leadership transition with CEO Kate Fateeva stepping down
London, UK โ October 16, 2025 โ FastNetMon, a leading provider of network traffic visibility and DDoS protection solutions, today announced that Kate Fateeva, Co-founder and CEO, will step down from...
DDoS botnet Aisuru drives record outbound floods from infected ISP-hosted IoT
Aisuru, a massive IoT botnet, recently pushed outbound traffic close to 30 Tbps from infected devices inside major U.S. ISPs โ one of the largest DDoS events ever recorded. Outbound DDoS attacks,...
FastNetMon partners with Gcore for automated DDoS scrubbing
Weโre excited to announce our new integration with Gcore , enabling fully automated DDoS mitigation through real-time detection and instant redirection to Gcoreโs scrubbing centres. With this...