Who Turns to Stone Now?
Executive Summary When does sharing threat intelligence actually stop attacks? The MegaMedusa case provides a rare, measurable answer. In March 2025, when open threat intelligence identifying...
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NTP Security
Executive Summary There are just a few internet system services that practically every internet host uses on a regular basis. The Network Time Protocol (NTP), perhaps little known to the average...
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161 Days of Eleven11
Executive Summary As a major player in the field of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) detection and mitigation, it is crucial for us to closely monitor evolving threats in the DDoS landscape....
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ASERT Threat Summary: Aisuru and Related TurboMirai Botnet DDoS Attack Mitigation and Suppression—October 2025—v1.0
Executive Summary In October 2025, multiple high-impact direct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) demonstration attacks exceeding 20Tb/sec and/or 4gpps were publicly reported. These attacks,...
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The IPv4 Address Swamp: The New Normal
Executive Summary IPv4 addresses have run out! It would have been fashionable to make this claim in 2011 when the last of the IPv4 addresses in the “free pool” were allocated. It took several...
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How Can Enterprises Navigate the Network Observability Landscape?
Transformation rarely comes without friction. Your organization has pursued a strategy of digital transformations in the last decade that has brought innovation, automation, and competitive...
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Intern Spotlight: Riding the Connected World
Five months ago, during a family road trip, I grew frustrated when my favorite mobile game, Clash Royale, kept lagging. “This shouldn’t be happening,” I thought. “I want to play now and expect to...
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In the Fight Against DDoS, NETSCOUT Emerges as a Top Contender in the Q3 2025 SPARK Matrix
In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks continue to grow in frequency and sophistication. For organizations across every sector, from...
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The Reward Is in the Giving
In an industry where technology innovation leads every discussion, it is refreshing to know that solving network problems is not the only thing on the minds of dedicated professionals. Giving back...
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Agentic AI for telecom: The rise of specialized agents for CX and service assurance
Agentic AI success in telecom depends on the availability of meticulously curated, multi-domain data derived from network transactions and interactions. Agentic AI tops many telecom providers’...
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Delivering Game-Changing Results Via Reliable Live Broadcasting
Live broadcasting is no longer limited to satellite trucks or closed networks. It happens everywhere, across countless platforms and unpredictable internet connections. When you’re streaming a...
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The Utility Cyberattack That Crippled a City’s Power Grid
It’s 10 p.m. when the power fails without warning, plunging an entire city into darkness. What follows is a mayor’s worst nightmare: traffic grinds to a halt, emergency services are overwhelmed,...
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Widespread Private 5G: Wherefore Art Thou?
You don’t need a Shakespearean soliloquy to recognize that private 5G hasn’t quite lived up to its deployment hype. On the other hand, adoption has been accelerating, driven by enterprise demand...
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Decoding TCP SYN for Stronger Network Security
Executive Summary Analyzing transmission control protocol (TCP) SYN segments, the initial step in the TCP three-way handshake, can reveal patterns and anomalies in network traffic, providing...
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Taking Sustainability to Heart
Reducing energy waste is an operations principle for NETSCOUT. Lean operations support both cost savings and companywide sustainability goals. As discussed in our previous blog on sustainability,...
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Profiling DieNet: A New Hacktivist Threat
Executive Summary In the last two months, DieNet, a new hacktivist group, has claimed more than 60 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, targeting critical infrastructure from U.S. transit...
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Enabling Splunk Observability and Security with NETSCOUT Smart Data
Splunk has a great commercial titled No more “I don’t knows.” The commercial depicts an organization struggling to determine why its business-critical application is down. Question: Who’s working...
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Product Energy Efficiency Is Good for Business
The explosion of digital data, along with the growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered applications, has created exciting opportunities for businesses in nearly every sector. At...
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EdTech’s Digital Dilemma and How Schools Are at Risk
Education technology (EdTech) is reshaping how we learn. But data breaches, system failures, and network slowdowns can disrupt everything these tools are meant to improve.
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How to Enhance Network Performance with Remote-Site Observability
Businesses of all shapes and sizes are embracing new work models that include hybrid approaches, combining onsite and offsite environments such as branch locations, remote facilities, and home...
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