Weโre pleased to share that FastNetMon is now officially a Code Protector supporter of OpenSSL, as published by the OpenSSL Foundation . This reflects our commitment to strong cryptography and to...
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Network Engineering Community News: February 2026
Welcome to our Network Engineering Community News! If youโre new here, welcome. This monthly update goes out to everyone who has used or trialed FastNetMon. In February, we were at APRICOT in...
ASPA: the next layer of routing security
For more than a decade, RPKI and Route Origin Validation (ROV) have helped reduce accidental prefix hijacks. Today, it is much harder for a network to incorrectly announce someone elseโs address...
Geofeed RFC 9632: Why Operators Should Publish Their IP Geolocation Data
IP geolocation in the modern network stack IP geolocation data quietly influences a large number of operational decisions on todayโs Internet. It affects: Geo-based cybersecurity policies Compliance...
APRICOT 2026 – Event Recap
APRICOT 2026 in Jakarta brought together one of the most technically sharp and operationally focused Internet communities weโve seen this year. As Asia Pacificโs largest Internet operations...
NANOG 96 – Event Recap
FastNetMon attended NANOG 96 , held 2โ4 February 2026 in San Francisco, joining over 800 network engineers, operators, and architects for three days of technical talks, hallway debates, and...
Aisuru botnet sets a new DDoS record at 31.4 Tbps
Another DDoS record has been reported, and once again, it is the same botnet setting it. In late January 2026, Cloudflare disclosed details of what is now the largest publicly reported DDoS attack...
Engineering deep dive: How AMS-IX uses FastNetMon for automated DDoS mitigation
Introduction DDoS attacks have long been a thorn in the side of network operatorsโbut AMS-IX faced a particularly unusual challenge. Unlike the massive volumetric attacks that make headlines, the...
End may be near for Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets after large-scale C2 disruption
One of the largest DDoS botnet operations observed in recent years may be facing sustained disruption after hundreds of command-and-control (C2) servers linked to the Aisuru and Kimwolf botnets were...
OCCRP reports sustained DDoS attack targeting its investigative journalism website
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has reported that its website has been targeted by a large-scale DDoS attack, slowing access and making it difficult for readers to reach...