In a continuing wave of new malware activity, researchers have uncovered a botnet dubbed RondoDox, which is actively exploiting known vulnerabilities in TBK digital video recorders (DVRs) and...
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New Botnet โHpingbotโ Emerges with Pastebin-Based Payload Delivery and Hping3 DDoS Engine
A newly discovered botnet family dubbed Hpingbot is gaining attention in the cybersecurity community for its novel approach to malware delivery and DDoS execution. Detected by NSFOCUSโs Fuying Lab...
Meet the botnets breaking the Internet: Part 2
For over two decades, botnets have been at the heart of some of the most disruptive activity online - from large-scale DDoS campaigns to credential theft and malware distribution. While the end...
How to set a threshold for RTBH/BGP Blackhole: A practical guide to threshold-based DDoS defence
Threshold-based DDoS defence is one of the most effective ways to automate blackhole routing for high-volume attacks, without the need for constant manual oversight. In this post, weโll break down...
FastNetMon Interviewed by Safety Detectives: Rethinking DDoS Protection for a Faster, Safer Internet
FastNetMon was recently featured in an interview with Safety Detectives, a cybersecurity blog. The conversation covers the rising threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and how...
Path of Exile tightens DDoS protection following service disruptions
Grinding Gear Games (GGG), the developer of the action RPG Path of Exile, has implemented new security updates to strengthen its protection against Distributed DenialโofโService (DDoS) attacks. The...
A new variant of the Flodrix botnet has entered the sceneโฆ
A new variant of the Flodrix botnet has entered the scene, and itโs taking aim at poorly secured open-source tools with an unusual level of stealth and versatility. The newest Flodrix variant builds...
Network Engineering Community News: June 2025
Greetings from FastNetMon, your fast and reliable DDoS detection solution provider. Here's your monthly dosis of hottest industry events, network security threats, and useful product updates we...
Book Review: DDoS โ Understanding Real-Life Attacks and Mitigation Strategies by Stefan Behte
Comprehensive resources on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are surprisingly hard to come byโespecially ones that are both technically accurate and grounded in real-world experience....
Internet Under Fire: Analysis of the record-breaking 7.3 Tbps DDoS attack
The Internet Just Survived the Largest DDoS Attack EverโHereโs What You Need to Know A new milestone in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks has been reached: 7.3 terabits per second (Tbps)...