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Five Similarities Between DDoS Extortion and Ransomware Attacks — and One Big Difference

DDoS and ransomware attackers use different methods in their campaigns. But despite that, there are common threads — and one big difference.

Financial Services Company Improves User Experience While Planning Digital Transformation

A large financial services company with recent digital transformations in its data center, virtualization capabilities, and cloud infrastructure needed a way to pinpoint end-user...

The Importance of Regular DDoS Testing

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are nothing new, but the methods, volume, and intensity of those attacks are ever-evolving. Organizations must periodically test their...

Dropping the Anchor

Trickbot has long been one of the key banking malware families in the wild. Despite recent disruption events, the operators continue to drive forward with the malware and have...

Cyber Threat Alliance’s Michael Daniel on Election Security

NETSCOUT’s Hardik Modi discusses election security with Michael Daniel, former cybersecurity advisor for the Obama administration and CEO of the Cyber Threat Alliance.

Optimizing Performance and Availability of Microsoft Teams Collaboration Services: Visibility Is Key

Learn how NETSCOUT provides visibility for optimizing performance and availability of the widely deployed Microsoft Teams collaboration services.

Here’s How DDoS Attackers Exploited a Pandemic

A new Threat Intelligence Report infographic connects the dots to show just how motivated attackers exploit global pandemic vulnerabilities

U.S. Medical Center Improves Healthcare Delivery and Critical Application Performance with NETSCOUT

U.S. medical center improves healthcare delivery and critical application performance with NETSCOUT, helping it to navigate through additional patient care and R&D challenges that...

Is Your VPN Up to the Task?

With so many people working from home, company VPNs are often strained and performance-compromised. The need for effective monitoring is greater than ever.

Lazarus Bear Armada (LBA) DDoS Extortion Attack Campaign — October 2020

As previously reported, a relatively prolific threat actor initiated a global campaign of DDoS extortion attacks in mid-August 2020, largely directed towards regional financial and...

Visibility for Optimizing Performance and Availability of Zoom Collaboration Services

Learn how NETSCOUT provides visibility for optimizing performance and availability of the increasingly popular Zoom collaboration services.

Healthy Connectivity: The Key to Telehealth and Telemedicine

Now more than ever, effective network monitoring is the key to ensuring quality and reliability for telehealth and telemedicine.