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...
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German Police Shuts Down DDoS Service
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...
CUPS vulnerability explainedย
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...
FastNetMon’s Role in Protecting Cloud Infrastructure from DDoS Attack
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...
FastNetMon vs. Traditional Network Monitoring Solutions: A Comparative Analysis
An old IT proverb states, โIf ainโt broke, donโt fix itโ; 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 Evolution of DDoS Attacks: Trends and Countermeasures
The UKโs National Crime Agency has identified two key cyberthreats to business โ ransomware and DDoS attacks. But how do we find ourselves in this situation? And what can be done to better protect...
A Guide to FastNetMon’s Advanced Features
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...
The Benefits of FastNetMon for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
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,...
Network Security Best Practices: Insights from FastNetMon Experts
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...
The importance of having a rapid DDoS protection to defend from flash attacks
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 (ยฃ93,000 - ยฃ1.55m)...