Polandโs largest digital payment service, BLIK, has suffered periodic outages after being targeted by distributed denial-of-service attacks over the weekend and into Monday. The incidents caused...
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Hezi Rash โ new hacktivist group claims over 350 DDoS attacks worldwide
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...
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...
Network Engineering Community News: October 2025
Welcome to our Network Engineering Community News! Hi from FastNetMon! October brought plenty of tricks and treats on the network front: outbound DDoS attacks, new botnets lurking in misconfigured...
Event recap – RITE 2025
FastNetMon joined the Romanian Internet Technologies Event (RITE) this week in Bucharest โ a gathering focused on how decentralisation, enhanced security and shifting traffic dynamics are reshaping...
Event recap โ RIPE 91
Packets, People, and Post-Quantum Coffee โ Notes from a RIPE Newbie After ten years, the RIPE community returned to Bucharest โ a city thatโs clearly spent the last decade delightfully upgrading its...
FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.373
Release date: 16 October, 2025Version: 2.0.373 FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.373 has been released with security hardening, telemetry enhancements, and new integrations. Weโve added device allow-lists for...
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...
Press release: FastNetMon announces leadership transition with CEO Kate Fateeva stepping down
London, UK โ October 16, 2025 โ FastNetMon, a leading provider of network traffic visibility and DDoS protection solutions, today announced that Kate Fateeva, Co-founder and CEO, will step down from...
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,...