Network Engineering Community News: May 2026

Network Engineering Community News: May 2026

⚡️ Network Engineering Community News – from FastNetMon We’ve given the newsletter a bit of a fresh coat of paint, but the goal is the same: keeping you in the loop on what we’re building, sharing interesting DDoS and NetSec updates, and staying connected with...
FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.380

FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.380

Release date: 27 May, 2026Version: 2.0.380 This release includes multiple security fixes and stability improvements across BGP, Flow Spec, Netflow v9, IPFIX, packet parsing, and internal buffer handling code. It addresses several vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-48682,...
KimWolf DDoS botnet operator arrested

KimWolf DDoS botnet operator arrested

Canadian authorities have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of operating the KimWolf IoT DDoS-for-hire botnet as part of a coordinated international investigation involving Canada, the United States, and Germany. The suspect, Jacob Butler (alias “Dort”), is accused...
RIPE 92 – Event Recap

RIPE 92 – Event Recap

RIPE 92 took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, bringing together ISPs, network operators, registries, and engineers for a week of working groups, plenaries, and a lot of hallway discussions. From FastNetMon, Outi Pietilanaho attended, splitting time between sessions and...
ITW 2026 – Event Recap

ITW 2026 – Event Recap

ITW is always one of those events where the telecom industry compresses months of conversations into a few very busy days. This week, Virgil Truica represented FastNetMon at International Telecoms Week 2026 in National Harbor, meeting with carriers, telecom operators,...