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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DDoS Attacks Are Now Silencing Journalists Disrupting Schools and Targeting NGOs 1

DDoS attacks are now targeting journalists, universities, NGOs. What has changed?

Historically, DDoS attacks focused on obvious targets: banks, telecoms, gaming platforms, and government services. But in 2025, the landscape has shifted. Today’s DDoS campaigns are increasingly aimed at organisations that ...

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Pros and cons of RTBH When to use BGP blackhole in DDoS defence

When is BGP blackholing a good choice for DDoS mitigation — and when is it not?

BGP Blackholing, also known as RTBH (Remotely Triggered Black Hole), is a well-established technique in the DDoS mitigation playbook. It’s fast, effective, and uses your upstream providers’ infrastructure to stop ...

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Anatomy of a Botnet Infrastructure Behind DDoS Attacks How Botnets work

Anatomy of a Botnet

Botnets are behind some of the biggest online attacks we’ve seen in recent years. They don’t usually rely on advanced hacking techniques or zero-day exploits. Instead, they quietly take over ...

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Tier1 ISP myths of DDoS defence

Tier 1 transit and the DDoS comfort myths

If your organisation buys bandwidth from one of the big backbone carriers, you already sit behind formidable pipes and global scrubbing clouds. Sales decks often call this ‘built-in DDoS protection’. ...

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BYOND Hit by DDoS Over Open Source Demands

DDoS attack targets BYOND game engine in push to open-source it

As of June 2025, the BYOND game engine continues to face a persistent and disruptive Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack that began on May 10. This sustained assault has severely impacted ...

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Infosecurity Europe 2025 conference event recap FastNetMon

Event Recap – Infosecurity Europe 2025

Infosec Europe: Key Takeaways from London’s Leading Cybersecurity Event FastNetMon’s CEO Kate Fateeva and Maria Pietilanaho visited Infosecurity Europe 2025—this year marking the event’s 30th anniversary at ExCeL London. As ...

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Cloud vs. on premise DDoS protection explained

Cloud vs on-prem DDoS protection

DDoS protection in cloud or on-premise: pros, cons, and the rise of hybrid defences Distributed-Denial-of-Service attacks used to be the headache of large carriers and gaming giants. Today they reach ...

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FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.372 Release notes

FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.372

FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.372 has been released with a critical fix and several improvements. This release addresses a stability issue that could cause FastNetMon to crash when processing malformed ASN feed ...

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Multi layered DDoS Defence FastNetMon

Building a Multi-Layered DDoS Defense Architecture

Effective DDoS Mitigation Strategies: Building a Tiered Defence System DDoS attacks still remain one of the most persistent and disruptive cyber threats in today’s internet infrastructure. From volumetric floods to ...

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DDoS News Hypervolumetric attack KrebsOnSecurity Cybersecurity blog

6.3 Tbps in 45 Seconds: what the latest assault on KrebsOnSecurity tells us about hyper-volumetric DDoS

On 12 May 2025, digital-forensics journalist Brian Krebs watched his site absorb a flood of traffic that briefly touched 6.3 terabits per second. The surge lasted just 45 seconds, delivering ...

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