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New Windows botnet HTTPBot zeroes in on game and tech portals For years, most DDoS botnets have operated from compromised routers, IoT devices, or Linux servers. HTTPBot breaks that pattern. Written i…

The rise of DDoS in global conflicts With societies increasingly dependent on online services, the front lines of geopolitical conflict are no longer limited to physical borders. Increasingly, state-s…

DDoS escalates alongside India-Pakistan hostilities When military tensions flared between India and Pakistan in early May, a parallel cyber campaign unfolded at speed. Threat-hunting data show a clear…

NoName057(16) ‘punishes’ the Dutch government by sending the largest single DDoS burst at their public services sector NoName057(16), the infamous hacktivist crew that has spent two years pepperin…

A successful international operation takes down several IP booter services In a major international crackdown on cybercrime, Polish authorities have arrested four individuals suspected of running a ne…

Some of the largest IP booter services listed – and what happens if you use them Hiring a DDoS attack used to mean building a botnet or knowing someone who had. Booter services changed all that:…

On 3 April 2025, an online bookmaker was battered by the largest public DDoS disclosed so far in 2025. As reported by Techradar, the traffic began spiking at 11:15 UTC, jumped from 67 Gbps to 217 Gbps…

Speculation of a cyber attack and data centre vulnerability raises concerns amidst a blackout in southern Europe In a dramatic turn of events, a widespread power outage has left millions across Spain,…

Dutch payment processor experiences multiple DDoS attacks in one day An evening of false starts Just after 7 p.m. on 8 April, diners in Dutch cafés and shoppers across Europe noticed card readers fre…

Evolution of DDoS: From single PCs to Terabit floods Twenty‑five years ago a teenager with a dial‑up modem discovered he could knock Yahoo! offline by hammering it with junk traffic. Since then de…

The notorious cybercrime marketplace BreachForums has gone offline once more, but this time, no one’s quite sure who’s behind it. While some suspect another FBI takedown, a group calling itself th…

What’s the difference between DoS, DDoS, RDoS, and how to prevent these cyberattacks? Not all cyberattacks are created equal. If you’ve ever heard terms like DoS, DDoS or RDoS and wondered what th…

Late March, a well-known Dutch web hosting provider, Argeweb, found itself under fire from a DDoS attack that spiralled into a week-long struggle to stay online. What started as a few complaints about…

“DDoS for hire” – how anyone can pay to take down a website You don’t need to be a hacker to launch a cyberattack anymore. These days anyone with £20 and a few minutes can rent a …

On 1 April, Russia’s state-owned railway RZD was hit by a DDoS attack that knocked its website and mobile app offline.
 No tickets, no timetables, just timeout errors
 The disruption began Tuesd…

What can we learn from the alleged high-profile cyber attack? Earlier this month, social media platform X (formerly Twitter) experienced a major DDoS attack that caused intermittent outages for users …

Understanding DDoS Attacks from the hosting provider’s point of view As the backbone of the internet, hosting providers are pivotal in defending against DDoS attacks. Their ability to maintain the a…

One of World of Warcraft Hardcore’s most watched guilds, OnlyFangs, has officially disbanded — not because of in-game failure, but due to repeated DDoS attacks. The group, made up of streamers and…

A major DDoS attack hit South Africa’s CO.ZA domain services, leaving businesses and users unable to access websites linked to the country’s most widely used domain. The ZA Registry Consortium con…

Imagine trying to file your taxes or access your medical records, only to find the system completely down. That’s what happened with DigiD, the Dutch government’s login system. Twice. A large DDoS…

What are L3 DDoS attacks, and how do they work? Layer 3 DDoS attacks are a type of cyber assault that targets the third layer of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) model, which is responsible for …

Azerbaijan has faced a series of massive DDoS attacks targeting state information resources. The country’s digital infrastructure is challenged as the attacks have been disrupting the services and o…

A newly identified botnet, Eleven11bot, has emerged as a significant cyber threat, compromising over 80,000 internet-connected devices globally. Nokia Deepfield’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) has r…

What happened? E8 Markets, a well-known name in prop trading, faced a significant DDoS attack over the weekend, leaving traders locked out of their accounts for two days. Even as markets reopened on M…

Italy recently faced a wave of DDoS attacks that targeted critical sectors, including government institutions, transport networks, and financial services. These attacks, attributed to the Russian hack…

The recent PlayStation Network outage has left many gamers frustrated and seeking answers. The disruption, which began late on February 7 and lasted nearly 24 hours, rendered online gaming services in…

Introduction to BGP Flow Spec The frequency and scale of DDoS attacks are continuing to rise. Incidents involving hundreds of gigabits are becoming increasingly routine, and organisations face severe …

DeepSeek, a rising name in artificial intelligence, has faced large-scale DDoS attacks since its reasoning model was released on January 20th. The attack came just as the company was experiencing a su…

Recent large-scale carpet-bomb DDoS attacks in Japan have showed the evolving risks facing critical infrastructure. Unlike traditional DDoS attacks that overwhelm specific servers, carpet-bombing targ…

A new Mirai botnet variant, Aquabot, is making the rounds, exploiting a flaw in Mitel phones to launch DDoS attacks. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-41710, impacts Mitel’s 6800, 6900, and 6900w Series S…

Recent reports have revealed a serious network security issue: hackers exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Cambium Networks cnPilot routers to deploy the AIRASHI variant of the AISURU botnet. This …

Swiss institutions have recently been targeted by a series of DDoS attacks orchestrated by the pro-Russian hacker group “NoName057(16).” This collective is known for its strategic overload…

Several Dutch universities and the government login service DigiD have recently been targeted with DDoS attacks. The connection between the incidents is not clear nor the culprit of the attacks have b…

A new Mirai-based botnet that targets industrial routers has emerged. This botnet, discovered in February last year, has been growing in sophistication and now leverages previously unknown vulnerabili…

NTT Docomo, Japan’s largest mobile operator was recently hit by a DDoS attack. On January 2nd, 2025 the company experienced significant network congestion from 05:27 to 16:10, impacting key serv…

Cybersecurity researchers have reported a surge in malicious activity involving the exploitation of old D-Link router vulnerabilities by two different botnets, FICORA and CAPSAICIN. These botnets spre…

Japan Airlines, Japan’s flag carrier, recently fell victim to a cyber attack that led to the cancellation or delay of dozens of flights. The attack, which targeted the airline’s network in…

​​Juniper Networks has issued a critical alert regarding a Mirai botnet that is actively scanning the internet for Session Smart routers (SSR) using default credentials.  The Mirai malware, n…

The AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) has recently discovered a new strain of DDoS malware, called cShell, that is specifically targeting poorly managed Linux SSH servers. This malware exploi…

Major breakthrough from Operation PowerOFF In a sweeping international effort, law enforcement agencies from 15 countries have successfully dismantled 27 DDoS-for-hire services, commonly referred to a…

Several Danish municipalities recently fell victim to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, disrupting the websites of cities including Vejle, Albertslund, Dragør, Esbjerg, Frederiksberg, and…

Introduction to BGP Blackhole and automating it for DDoS defense In this article, we will discuss how the routing infrastructure, more specifically the BGP routing technique called “blackholing”, …

How have Network Layer DDoS attacks developed over the last decade? Despite being one of the oldest types of cyberattacks, Distributed Denial of Service attacks still remain the most common cyber thre…

The Korean National Police Agency has arrested the CEO and five employees of a South Korean company for a peculiar cybercrime. The company has been manufacturing and exporting a large number of satell…

The Matrix Botnet, a threat actor linked to a widespread DDoS campaign has been uncovered by security researchers. The botnet is exploiting vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in Internet of Things …

On Sunday November 10th, a DDoS attack caused widespread disruption to credit card readers across Israel, affecting several payment systems in supermarkets and gas stations. The incident, which lasted…

In recent weeks, South Korea has found itself at the center of a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, coinciding with heightened geopolitical tensions. The South Korean President’…

Last week several UK councils experienced outages on their websites, with some even knocked offline or rendered inaccessible to users, due to a series of DDoS attacks. The cyber onslaught targeted var…

German police have announced the disruption of a DDoS-for-hire platform dstat[.]cc. The platform has been playing a significant role in facilitating distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and t…

How compromised CUPS servers can be a DDoS threat? A newly discovered vulnerability (CVE-2024-47850) in the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) can be exploited to stage DDoS attacks. Starting an attac…

One of the biggest benefits of cloud infrastructure is its (theoretically) infinite scalability. Cloud applications can scale automatically to cope with increased demand, dynamically allocating additi…

An old IT proverb states, ‘If ain’t broke, don’t fix it’; if a system continues to deliver the results you want, there is no need to replace it. But at a time when cybersecurity threats evolve…

The UK’s National Crime Agency has identified two key cyberthreats to business – ransomware and DDoS attacks. But how do we find ourselves in this situation? And what can be done to better protect…

Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDoS) remain one of the most significant cybersecurity threats posed to businesses today. This is particularly true as DDoS attacks are now typically accompanied…

It may be tempting to think of DDoS detection and mitigation as being an enterprise-only requirement. But as 40% of all cybersecurity events are now caused by distributed denial of service attacks, al…

Effective network security can be reduced to two goals; keeping unauthorised users out and keeping sensitive data in. But as IT systems continue to evolve, particularly in the era of the cloud, the st…

Distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) are a significant risk to businesses of any size. One study found that recovering from a DDoS attack costs between $120,000 and $2m (£93,000 – £1.5…

Carpet bombing DDoS attacks are an increasingly common form of cybercrime because they are harder to detect and block than a traditional targeted attack. However, FastNetMon provides powerful configur…

The increased severity and sophistication of DDoS attacks means that network security administrators need a collection of tools to mitigate risk. One effective option to reduce malicious traffic is th…

First used in 2016, the Mirai botnet is old news. Built by two university students, the IoT-powered botnet was initially used to extort money from games server hosts.  A few months later Mirai wa…

Application Layer DDoS attacks are an extremely popular, and effective, technique used by cybercriminals to disrupt web-based services. There are several variations of application layer attacks, so mi…

Denial of service attacks all have one goal in common – to use network traffic to overload a target system causing it to fail or become unresponsive. For the criminals behind these attacks, there is…

FastNetMon Stories: Here from real users of the FastNetMon solution MKE Solutions, a leading telecommunications consultancy, turned to FastNetMon to address their critical problem of enduring 35 daily…

A recent survey found 81% of IT leaders believe network visibility is essential for strong network security and response. The survey, conducted by Forrester on behalf of Infoblox, reached 423 IT leade…

Recently, we wrote about how network visibility can help organisations detect cyber threats, illuminate network blind spots, optimise network performance, and more. Today, we’re taking a step back a…

Network security is a critical function for any business today—and it started with network traffic visibility. To protect against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, organisations must be able …

Network observability is the first step in preventing any network-based cyberattack. Without the ability to observe the entire network, there is simply no way to detect and prevent malicious activity,…

It’s 2023. A new year. But before we start talking about the latest DDoS trends, news, and mitigation advice, it’s worth looking back over the events of the year past. In this article, we’ll loo…

Anti-DDoS systems have become a crucial part of any cybersecurity strategy. According to the 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, DDoS attacks account for 40% of all security incidents. Attacks are…

For an ISP, DDoS attacks can be hugely damaging. A large volumetric attack can disrupt customer-facing services, harming an ISP’s business model, damaging the customer experience, and potentially co…

Over the last decade, DDoS has become one of the most common forms of cyberattack. And that’s hardly surprising. From a bad actor’s perspective, DDoS attacks are fast, easy, low-cost… and potent…

Internet-connected devices, services, and applications are now abundant in every industry. Even traditional industries are going through rapid digital transformation programs, using technology to crea…