by FastNetMon | Apr 30, 2025 | Blog
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 in eight minutes, and peaked at 965 Gbps by 11:36. The flood faded...
by FastNetMon | Apr 28, 2025 | Blog
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, Portugal, and parts of France in the dark. This blackout, which...
by FastNetMon | Apr 24, 2025 | Blog
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 freezing. The culprit wasn’t a bad internet connection, but a flood of...
by FastNetMon | Apr 23, 2025 | Blog
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 denial‑of‑service attacks have morphed into a multi‑billion‑pound headache...
by FastNetMon | Apr 16, 2025 | Blog
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 the Dark Storm Team claims they launched a DDoS attack on the site ‘for...
by FastNetMon | Apr 16, 2025 | Blog
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 they mean, and why they keep showing up in the news, here’s a simple...
