In early November 2025, Belgian networks were hit by two related DDoS campaigns targeting telecom operators, healthcare services, and military-intelligence websites. The pro-Russian hacktivist group...
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BGP Blackhole for DDoS Mitigation โ and How to Automate It with FastNetMon
We are pleased to welcome a guest contributor: BGP Brian (Brian Wilson). Brian leads the BGP Black Belt training community and the consultancy BGP Engineering and Design Group, and is an active...
Aisuru botnet shifts focus from DDoS to residential proxy services
The Aisuru botnet, responsible for multiple record-breaking DDoS attacks this year, has reportedly altered its operations to supply infected IoT devices for use as residential proxies. This marks a...
DDoS attacks disrupt Polandโs leading mobile payment system BLIK
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...
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, 2025 Version: 2.0.373 FastNetMon Advanced 2.0.373 has been released with security hardening, telemetry enhancements, and new integrations. Weโve added device allow-lists...