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/ Kinjal Patel

Sweden Continues to be a Prime DDoS Target as They Join NATO

In 2023, a barrage of cyber assaults against Sweden signaled a massive shift in global dynamics. As Sweden worked towards joining NATO and supporting Ukraine with arms and...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
  • Political DDoS
global ddos
/ Max Resing

The Unbearable Asymmetry of DDoS

Because adversaries leverage compromised and abusable online resources belonging to legitimate organizations and individuals to launch DDoS attacks, the tangible cost to attackers...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
  • DDoS Tools and Services
traffic
/ John Kristoff, Kinjal Patel, Roman Lara

Nuisance Network Traffic

While there are many obvious threats like hacktivists, nation-state adversaries and ransomware operators, there also lies a constant ever-growing undercurrent that we call nuisance...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
carpet-bombing graphic
/ Kinjal Patel, Richard Hummel

Carpet-Bombing

Carpet-bombing (Spread Spectrum, Subnet DDoS) attacks take place when an adversary targets a range of addresses or subnets simultaneously to saturate networks with garbage traffic...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
digital globe
/ Richard Hummel

DDoS Attacks Against Poland Skyrocket In Wake of New Prime Minister’s Election

Since late December, Poland has been the target of several groups as new Prime Minister Tusk was sworn in. The most notable group targeting Poland is NoName057. They have targeted...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
  • DDoS Tools and Services
  • Political DDoS
NoName057 Hacker in a Hoody
/ Marcin Nawrocki, Christopher Conrad, Clark Arenberg

NoName057(16)

NoName057(16) relies heavily on HTTPS application-layer DDoS attacks, with many attacks repeatedly sourced from the same attack harness, networks, and targeting similar countries...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
  • DDoS Tools and Services
  • Political DDoS
  • Hacktivism
bot hand clicking laptop
/ Christopher Conrad

Unprecedented Growth in Malicious Botnets Observed

NETSCOUT observed an unprecedented rise in compromised devices performing reconnaissance scans, signaling a dangerous new wave of large-scale cyberattacks leveraging weaponized...

  • Internet traffic and trends
Happy Co-workers gather around office table
/ Judy Clark

Comparably Recognizes NETSCOUT as Top Workplace

NETSCOUT is proud to be recognized as a top workplace by Comparably, an employee review platform that ranks companies on key categories impacting the employee experience...

  • Community
Heart of Giving 200 Volunteer Events
/ Karen McCloskey

200 Team Volunteer Projects

Through NETSCOUT’s Heart of Giving, our charitable giving programs, any employee who sees an opportunity to address an issue in their community can step up and organize a team to...

  • Community
Anonymous Sudan
/ Christopher Conrad, Marcin Nawrocki

Anonymous Sudan

Anonymous Sudan is a highly prolific threat actor conducting distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) to support their pro-Russian, anti-Western agenda. Although the attacks...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
  • DDoS Tools and Services
  • Political DDoS
DNS NXDOMAIN
/ Roland Dobbins, Richard Hummel

The Power of Names

Typically, application-layer protocols such as HTTP/s, QUIC, SIP, and others receive the lion’s share of attention in most discussions of internet traffic. But it’s the Domain Name...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
People clapping.
/ Beth Kirsch

Comparably Recognizes NETSCOUT as Top Workplace—Again!

NETSCOUT is proud to be recognized as a top workplace by Comparably, an employee review platform that ranks more than 70,000 companies on key categories impacting the employee...

  • Community