by FastNetMon | Sep 24, 2025 | Blog
When we talk about DDoS attacks, the focus is almost always on protecting services from inbound floods. But there’s another side to the story that often goes unnoticed: outbound DDoS attacks. These are attacks where malicious traffic originates from inside your...
by FastNetMon | Sep 23, 2025 | Blog
What L3 and L4 DDoS attacks are, how they work, and what defenders need to know DDoS attacks at Layers 3 and 4 (the Network and Transport layers) are some of the most common and disruptive seen on the public internet. While often lumped together, they behave...
by FastNetMon | Sep 4, 2025 | Blog
Application-layer and “low-and-slow” DDoS attacks explained by DDoS defence professionals Application-layer (L7) and “low-and-slow” DDoS attacks are among the most insidious forms of denial-of-service threats. Rather than saturating bandwidth, they burn server CPU,...
by FastNetMon | Aug 27, 2025 | Blog
We often talk about how DDoS attacks happen — via botnets, traffic floods, vectors — but rarely do we ask the more human question: why? The truth is, behind every DDoS attack is a motive. Sometimes it’s financial. Sometimes it’s political. And sometimes it’s...
