Anatomy of a Botnet

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 poorly secured devices connected to the internet. The result is a network of...
Tier 1 transit and the DDoS comfort myths

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’. It sounds reassuring: why invest in extra defences when petabit...