A newly emerged hacktivist collective calling itself Hezi Rash (โBlack Forceโ) has sharply increased DDoS activity across multiple countries. Between August and October 2025, researchers...
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Russias food safety under DDoS attack
Russiaโs national food-safety regulator, Rosselkhoznadzor, faced a DDoS incident last week that took down its digital certification systems and disrupted product shipments across the country. What...
Help โ Iโve Been Sent a Ransom Note from a DDoS Group: What Should I Do?
Every now and then, a network operatorโs inbox lights up with a DDoS ransom note โ bold claims, big threats, and a bitcoin address waiting for payment. Weโve seen plenty of them ourselves. Some come...
DDoS botnet Aisuru drives record outbound floods from infected ISP-hosted IoT
Aisuru, a massive IoT botnet, recently pushed outbound traffic close to 30 Tbps from infected devices inside major U.S. ISPs โ one of the largest DDoS events ever recorded. Outbound DDoS attacks,...
Behind the screen. Non-technical story of FastNetMon: From GitHub to a Brand with the Global Name.
Today, FastNetMon protects networks of all sizes from DDoS attacks and serves customers in dozens of countries worldwide. But how did it all begin? This is the story of the company's early daysโnot...
Linux 6.18 improves server performance under DDoS attacks
Recent kernel updates led by Google engineer Eric Dumazet, and first reported by Michael Larabel (Phoronix) , show that Linux 6.18 delivers significant improvements in how servers handle high-rate...
The IPv6 Divide: How Slow Adoption Creates Digital Vulnerabilities and Economic Inequality
Guest post by Vincentas Grinius, Co-Founder at IPXO The shift to IPv6 has escalated into a matter of national security, as nations lagging in adoption are increasingly exposed to cyber threats and...
Another record-breaking DDoS? Aisuru botnet suspected behind 29.69 Tbps gaming outages
Incident summary: Date: October 6, 2025 Targets: Steam, Riot Games, PlayStation Network, AWS, and others Peak bandwidth (unconfirmed): 29.69 Tbps Suspected source: Aisuru botnet Attack vector...
ShadowV2: A new botnet that turns misconfigured Docker APIs into a pay-to-use cloud DDoS platform
ShadowV2 has been identified as a new DDoS-as-a-service platform that stands out for its use of cloud infrastructure. Instead of relying on home routers or compromised IoT devices, it exploits...
Outbound DDoS: The attack you might be unknowingly hosting
When we talk about DDoS attacks, the focus is almost always on protecting services from inbound floods. But thereโs another side to the story that often goes unnoticed: outbound DDoS attacks. These...