A new reflective Distributed-Denial-of-Service (DDoS) amplification vulnerability was recently discovered in the Service Location Protocol (SLP), which allows attackers to achieve a high amplification factor of over 2,200 times. This vulnerability has been identified as CVE-2023-29552, potentially making it one of the largest amplification attacks ever recorded. SLP is a protocol that provides a dynamic […]

Secret Life of Enterprise Botnets The Secret Life of Enterprise Botnets is a speech in a session of RSA Conference 2023 by Dr. Craig Labovitz, Head of Technology for the Deepfield business unit at Nokia. In collaboration with global Internet providers, researchers tracked more than 500,000 compromised enterprise servers, security cameras and IoT (HVAC, PoS, […]

In the middle of April, NSFOCUS held a seminar on “Are You Ready for the Evolving DDoS Landscape?”. In the seminar, David Gao, Principal Security Solution Architect of NSFOCUS summarized the findings of the Global DDoS Attack Landscape in 2022 and gave his insights on the trends to help customers protect against the evolving DDoS attacks. Some topics […]

Background The customer is a leading integrated telecommunications services provider in Malaysia, offering a comprehensive range of communication services and solutions in fixed line, mobility, content, Wi-Fi, and smart services. Any cyber threat to the continuity and availability of business may bring huge economic losses and a reputation crisis. As cyber threats escalate and DDoS […]

ChatGPT is like a bomb in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) world, causing vibrations that have gradually spread to various industries. Against the backdrop of the widespread application of AI, why can ChatGPT still stand out and become the new top stream of popular discussion? After analyzing the core of ChatGPT, it is not difficult to […]

What happened In March 2023, NSFOCUS security team blocked the worst DDoS attack of the year. The attack was targeted at an Internet service provider customer located in Brazil, with a peak attack traffic of 386.5 Gbps and astonishing total attack traffic of 1184.4 Tbps. This large-scale DDoS attack lasted for 8 days, posing huge […]

Not all distributed denial of service (DDoS) defenses are created equal. Whether it’s a Web Application Firewall (WAF), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Content Delivery Network (CDN) or traditional firewall, every “defense” has its own purpose, potential and peril. Even a firewall that claims to have Anti-DDoS capabilities built-in has only one method of blocking attacks: […]

2022 was a turbulent year full of regional conflicts. NSFOCUS Global Threat Hunting System detected a large number of DDoS worldwide in 2022, with some governments or banks suffering from the largest attacks in their history. Launching a DDoS attack is not expensive but can paralyze critical infrastructure and network systems, bringing huge economic losses […]