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Closing the Digital Divide
/ John English, Lauren Womack

Closing the Digital Divide

Closing the digital divide worldwide will require global and local actions.

  • Service Provider
Making 5G a Trusted Network Part II: Devices
/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

Making 5G a Trusted Network Part II: Devices

As the IoT universe expands to smart devices that can monitor and adjust complex operations in real-time, enterprises must be ready to implement network-based protection for both...

  • Service Provider
Private 4G LTE: What Happens On-Site, Stays On-Site
/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

Private 4G LTE: What Happens On-Site, Stays On-Site

NETSCOUT partners with Southern Linc to secure service for the carrier’s private 4G LTE network.

  • Service Provider
Open RAN: Treasures, Opportunities, and Challenges
/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

Open RAN: Treasures, Opportunities, and Challenges

Open RAN promises to give a flawless user experience, but challenges with vendor interoperability could be an obstacle. NETSCOUT Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President...

  • Service Provider
bot
/ Roland Dobbins, Steinthor Bjarnason

Mēris & Dvinis Botnets

Threat adversaries leverage exploitable Mikrotik routers with two different botnets, Mēris and Dvinis, to launch high request-per-second attacks against targets.

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
Botnet Image
/ Christopher Conrad

A Tale of Two Botnets

NETSCOUT's ASERT Team tracks Mēris and Dvinis DDoS Botnets. The blog covers the number of botted nodes observed, how they are propagating, and where they are distributed...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
  • Botnets
phone and computer
/ Roland Dobbins, Steinthor Bjarnason

High-Profile DDoS Extortion Attacks Against SIP/RTP VoIP Providers

Beginning in September 2021, aggressive threat actors have targeted multiple Voice-over-IP (VoIP) communication providers with a campaign of high-impact DDoS extortion attack

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
The Long Tail of Adversary Innovation
/ Carol Hildebrand

The Long Tail of Adversary Innovation

Latest Threat Intelligence Report from NETSCOUT details extensive global impact of cyberattacks on private and public sector organizations.

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
Abusable Internet Censorship Systems
/ Roland Dobbins, Steinthor Bjarnason

HTTP Reflection/Amplification via Abusable Internet Censorship Systems

Learn more about this distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack vector which abuses middlebox systems for HTTP reflection/amplification.

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
red wave
/ Carol Hildebrand

Our New DDoS Normal Isn’t All That Normal

Attack frequency has dropped, but we are nowhere near the numbers considered normal prior to COVID-19: Threat actors launched approximately 5.4 million DDoS attacks in the first...

  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
attacker
/ Roland Dobbins, Steinthor Bjarnason

DHCPDiscover Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attack Mitigation Recommendations

DHCPDiscover, a UDP-based JSON protocol used to manage DVRs, can be abused to launch UDP reflection/amplification attacks when an internet-exposed DVR lacks any form of...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks
  • DDoS Tools and Services
cyber extortion
/ Roland Dobbins, Steinthor Bjarnason

Fancy Lazarus DDoS Extortion Campaign

ASERT Threat Summary Date/Time: 17June2021 1300UTC Severity: Warning Distribution: TLP: WHITE Categories: Availability Contributors: Jon Belanger, Richard Hummel. Executive Summary...

  • Arbor Networks - DDoS Experts
  • Attacks and DDoS Attacks