310 results
Malicious code imposed on a dark background with a cyber adversary
/ Gary Sockrider

The New DDoS Economy: Bigger Attacks, Better Sources, Lower Barriers

NETSCOUT’s 1H 2026 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report reveals a DDoS landscape defined by growing scale, multivector complexity, direct-path attacks, residential proxy abuse, and...

  • DDoS
Hand holding phone with green lock and shield on screen
/ Brad Christian

Practicing The 3 R’s of Cybersecurity

Each October is recognized as Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and 2026’s theme is around practicing the 3 R’s of cybersecurity to reduce risk and expedite recovery.

  • Security
Team meeting in conference room
/ Brad Christian

NETSCOUT Earns 14 Leader Badges in the G2 Fall 2026 Grid Reports

NETSCOUT solutions continue to receive praise from real customers in G2’s Grid Reports, earning 14 badges for the fall 2026 reporting period.

  • DDoS
  • Enterprise
  • Service Provider
Electrical Utility Worker Standing in Front of Power Lines
/ Andrew Green

Cyberattack in Poland Causes Heat and Power Outages for 50,000 Residents

Poland’s CERT recently published a follow-up report on a cyberattack that shut down a steam turbine and water treatment system. Omnis Cyber Intelligence could’ve detected and...

  • Security
Group high five
/ Gary Sockrider

NETSCOUT Earns Top Recognition in 2026 for DDoS Mitigation

NETSCOUT named a Leader and Ace Performer in the QKS Group Spark Matrix™ Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Mitigation based on technology and customer impact.

  • DDoS
Hand touching lock on cloud to represent cyber resilience
/ Gary Sockrider

Resilience Is the Foundation of Modern Security Strategy

Cybersecurity is shifting from prevention to resilience as AI-driven, machine-speed attacks outpace traditional defenses, requiring visibility, automation, and intelligence to...

  • DDoS
  • Security
People group together reviewing something on monitor
/ Gary Sockrider

Why CDNs Alone Are Not Sufficient for Modern DDoS Protection

Content delivery networks (CDNs) play an important role in today’s internet architecture. They improve performance, reduce latency, and help absorb large-scale traffic surges. As a...

  • DDoS
  • Security
Man with arms crossed, head raised looking proud
/ Brad Christian

NETSCOUT Earns Six Leader Badges in the G2 Summer 2026 Grid Reports

NETSCOUT is proud to announce that multiple solutions have earned Leader badges in the G2 Summer 2026 Grid Reports. These recognitions reflect continued customer confidence in...

  • DDoS
  • Enterprise
DDoS Attackers in dark room
/ Michael Wetherbee

75,000 DDoS-for-Hire Actors Targeted by Law Enforcement

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have become increasingly accessible, commercialized, and disruptive. As reported by Yahoo News, European law enforcement agencies...

  • DDoS
  • Security
Woman with glass reviewing smart data
/ Anthony Cote

What Is NETSCOUT Smart Data and Why Is It So Important?

The golden rule of data used to be “more is better.” For years, enterprises spent millions of dollars overengineering analytics pipelines around that idea. But something was...

  • AIOps
  • Enterprise
  • Partnerships
  • Security
  • Service Provider
2 men looking at monitor
/ Robert Derby

Understanding Network Traffic for Threat Hunting

Most threat hunting starts with a question: What are we missing? That question matters because attackers rarely use one clean, repeatable mode of operation. They move across...

  • Security
Guy with hand on chin looking at monitor
/ Michael Wetherbee

Black Box Versus Glass Box DDoS Protection

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks continue to grow in scale, frequency, and sophistication, forcing organizations to rethink not just how they defend against attacks...

  • DDoS