Remember Script Kiddies? Well, it seems like we need to start talking about "Prompt Kiddies." Evidence that large language models are making their way into malware development has emerged from the...
FastNetMon Blog: DDoS News & Network Security Insights
FastNetMon Blog brings you the latest DDoS news, expert analysis, and technical insights on DDoS attacks and network security. As the leading source for DDoS-related content, we cover new threats, attack trends, and protection strategies. Our articles are written for network engineers, security teams, and tech professionals who want to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats. Follow us for updates, how-to guides, and research from the front lines of DDoS defence.
Press Release: FastNetMon launches Netomics, a self-hosted routing intelligence platform
New platform gives network operators complete visibility into Internet routing while keeping all routing intelligence inside their own infrastructure. London, UK – July 8, 2026 – FastNetMon is...
NetUK3 – Event Recap
NetUK3: Two great days with the UK network engineering community Over the past two days, we had the pleasure of attending NetUK3, spending some time with network operators, ISPs, vendors and...
Introducing Netomics: a self-hosted routing intelligence platform for network operations
Network operators have more routing data available today than ever before. Yet in practice, the data is still scattered across multiple tools, external services, and ad hoc workflows. When...
FastNetMon Community expands Fedora and EPEL support
We’ve made FastNetMon Community easier to install and maintain across Fedora and Enterprise Linux environments. You can now find the updated Fedora package here. On the Fedora side, the package has...
Learning VPP: Filtering Packets at 100GbE Line Rate
This post is a repost of technical blog originally published by Denys Haryachyy, shared here with permission as part of ongoing research and engineering work around FastNetMon’s inline traffic...
New RustDuck botnet targets internet-exposed devices and servers
A newly discovered botnet called RustDuck is targeting internet-connected routers, IP cameras, Android TV boxes, and exposed servers to build a DDoS attack network. Researchers at QiAnXin XLab have...
Understanding Ultra Ethernet and the 1.6T Ethernet standard
If you work in networking, you know the drill: optimise for throughput, minimise packet loss, and let the upper layers deal with the rest. That approach has worked well for decades. However, AI...
The Current Reality of Residential Proxy DDoS Botnets
If you track cybersecurity headlines, it looks like the global battle against DDoS has entered a quiet period. The massive, record-breaking multi-terabit attacks that regularly made the front pages...
Learning DPDK: Eliminating NIC Receive Drops at 100GbE
This post is a repost of technical blog originally published by Denys Haryachyy , shared here with permission as part of ongoing research and engineering work around FastNetMon’s inline traffic...