by FastNetMon | Nov 5, 2024 | Blog
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 the crackdown is a big victory for cybercrime defense. German law...
by FastNetMon | Oct 23, 2024 | Blog
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 attack is surprisingly simple. It only requires sending a single packet...
by FastNetMon | Feb 29, 2024 | Blog
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 additional bandwidth and resources as and when required. And at the most...
by FastNetMon | Feb 27, 2024 | Blog
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 exponentially, traditional network monitoring solutions are probably not...
by FastNetMon | Feb 14, 2024 | Blog
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 your organisation? From bedroom to boardroom Up until 2007, DDoS...
by FastNetMon | Feb 14, 2024 | Blog
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 by at least one other threat, further increasing risk to your...
