CLNOG 2025 Chilean Network Operator Group Event Recap

Event Recap: CLNOG 2025

On 21 March 2025, we had the pleasure of attending CLNOG 2025, held in Santiago, Chile. This event brought together network operators and industry experts from across the region, highlighting ...

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University of Cambridge Security Group lessons from global booter takedowns FastNetMon

Cambridge study examines global law enforcement efforts against DDoS-for-hire services

Researchers from the University of Cambridge’s Security Group recently published important findings on the effectiveness of global law enforcement actions against DDoS-for-hire services, also known as booters. Their study, Assessing ...

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Common DDoS Myths Busted Cybersecurity basics

Common myths and misconceptions about DDoS attacks

Despite being a decades-old threat, DDoS attacks still come with a cloud of misunderstanding. Every time a myth goes unchecked, organisations risk underestimating threats or misallocating resources. This post debunks ...

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FastNetMon Press Release Record scale DDoS attack detected

Press Release: FastNetMon detects a record-scale DDoS attack

London, UK – Tuesday, September 9th 2025 – FastNetMon today announced that it detected a record-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting the website of a leading DDoS scrubbing vendor in ...

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Breaking news FastNetMon reports record scale DDoS attack 1.5B pps

1.5 billion packets per second DDoS attack detected with FastNetMon

Breaking DDoS news from FastNetMon At FastNetMon, we recently worked with a customer — a DDoS scrubbing provider — who faced one of the largest DDoS attacks ever publicly recorded. ...

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Application Layer Low and Slow DDoS Attacks explained by DDoS defence professionals

Understanding Application-Layer & Low-and-Slow DDoS Attacks

Application-layer and “low-and-slow” DDoS attacks explained by DDoS defence professionals Application-layer (L7) and “low-and-slow” DDoS attacks are among the most insidious forms of denial-of-service threats. Rather than saturating bandwidth, they ...

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Basic concepts of DDoS explained by experts FastNetMon Network Engineering Basics

DDoS FAQ for beginners

Introduction: Questions you always wanted to ask about DDoS DDoS is one of those topics that everyone in the industry has heard about, but few feel confident they fully understand. ...

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DDoS News Cloudflare blocks record 11.5 Tbps attack fastnetmon

Cloudflare mitigates record-breaking 11.5 Tbps DDoS attack

Cloudflare has disclosed that it successfully mitigated the largest DDoS attack recorded to date — a hyper-volumetric UDP flood peaking at 11.5 terabits per second (Tbps). The attack lasted only ...

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Network Engineering Community News from FastNetMon August 2025

Network Engineering Community News: August 2025

In this month’s issue: register for our webinar with Inter.link, see where to meet us at RONOG10, learn about scrubbing centre automation, read our APNIC feature on 10 years in ...

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nside DDoS Understanding Attacker Intent and Motivations

Why do DDoS attacks happen? Top motivations behind DDoS cybercrime

We often talk about how DDoS attacks happen — via botnets, traffic floods, vectors — but rarely do we ask the more human question: why? The truth is, behind every ...

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Making Sense of Network Telemetry FastNetMon Featured on LACNIC

Making Sense of Network Telemetry: FastNetMon Featured on LACNIC

FastNetMon was recently featured on LACNIC, where our Founder, Pavel Odintsov provides a practical guide to network telemetry for operators. The article explains the differences between flow-based protocols like NetFlow ...

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