How bandwidth-focused DDoS campaigns workโand why theyโre still effective at scale Volumetric DDoS attacks remain one of the most common and disruptive forms of denial-of-service activity across the...
Milan Milosevic
SVF Botnet Campaign Targets Linux SSH Servers Using Discord-Based C2
AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) has recently uncovered a wave of malicious activity involving the SVF Botnet, a lightweight yet capable Python-based malware used to launch DDoS attacks...
Network Engineering Community News: July 2025
โก๏ธ Network Engineering Community News Summer greetings from FastNetMon! While temperatures rise, so do DDoS attack volumesโand weโre here to help you stay cool under pressure. This month, weโre...
Classification of DDoS attacks: every modern DDoS attack vector explained
A practical breakdown of DDoS attack vectors, built for network operators When your NOC wallboard lights up red, you donโt have 5 seconds. And if youโre relying on manual triage at that point, it is...
Hungarian Police arrest alleged DDoS attacker targeting IPI and independent media
On July 21, 2025, the Hungarian National Investigation Bureauโs Cybercrime Investigation Unit announced the arrest of a 23-year-old suspect behind a series of coordinated DDoS attacks targeting the...
Europol Disrupts Notorious DDoS Group NoName057(16)
In a major win for cybersecurity defenders across Europe, Europol and Eurojust have successfully coordinated an international operationโ Operation Eastwood โto disrupt the infrastructure and...
Meet the Botnets Breaking the Internet: Part 3
The Modern Era: from modular loaders to multi-vector flood engines As defenders have become more aware of the classic tactics used by earlier botnets like BASHLITE, Mirai, and GameOver Zeus, threat...
FastNetMon Interviewed by Website Planet: The Real Reason Websites Crash During DDoS Attacks
FastNetMon was recently featured in an interview with Website Planet, an expert blog focused on hosting, infrastructure, and web technologies. In the conversation, our Founder Pavel Odintsov shares...
New Junos OS Vulnerability Can Cause BGP Session Resets
Juniper Networks has disclosed a new vulnerability (CVE-2025-52953) affecting Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved, which allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to send a valid BGP UPDATE packet that...
Filtering L3/L4 DDoS attacks with BGP Flow Spec and RTBH: A practical guide for engineers
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks at layers 3 and 4 are blunt, fast, and disruptive. If youโre running networks at any scale, chances are youโve already seen your fair share of UDP...