Hpingbot: A New Botnet Family Based on Pastebin Payload Delivery Chain and Hping3 DDoS Module
julho 3, 2025
Overview In June 2025, NSFOCUS Fuying Lab Global Threat Hunting System detected that a new botnet family developed based on Go language was spreading on a large scale, and continued to iterate versions and develop rapidly. We named it “hpingbot” and put it under intensive monitoring. hpingbot is a cross-platform botnet family that supports Windows […]
NSFOCUS Releases 2024 Global DDoS Landscape Report
junho 9, 2025
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 9, 2025 – NSFOCUS, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, announced the release of its annual report, the 2024 Global DDoS Landscape Report. The full report is packed with in-depth analysis and insights that can help organizations better understand the DDoS threat environment and formulate more effective countermeasures. Highlights of the […]
India-Pakistan Conflicts Escalating: Military Operations and DDoS Attacks Making Targeted Strikes
maio 13, 2025
Background On May 7, 2025, NSFOCUS Fuying Lab released “Two-Front Confrontation: Parallel Narratives of India-Pakistan Reality Friction and Cyber DDoS Attacks“, which analyzed the DDoS attack activities in the early stage of India-Pakistan friction. This article is the second in this series, mainly analyzing the DDoS attack activities against India after May 7. May 7, […]
High Risk Warning for Windows Ecosystem: New Botnet Family HTTPBot is Expanding
maio 12, 2025
Overview In April 2025, the Global Threat Hunting system of NSFOCUS Fuying Lab detected a significant increase in the activity of a new Botnet Trojan developed based on Go language. Given that many of its built-in DDoS attack methods are HTTP-based, Fuying Lab named it HTTPBot. The HTTPBot Botnet family first came into our monitoring […]
Two Battlegrounds: India-Pakistan Conflicts and DDoS Attacks
maio 8, 2025
Background Monitoring data from the Global Threat Hunting System of NSFOCUS Fuying Lab shows that since the terrorist attack on tourists in Pahargam Town, Indian-controlled Kashmir on April 22, 2025 (killing 26 people), there has been a significant surge in DDoS attacks between India and Pakistan. This escalation of cyber confrontation is highly consistent with […]
Coming Soon! NSFOCUS Will Enhance DDoS Protection Capabilities in New Version of ADS Products
janeiro 3, 2025
We are excited to announce the upcoming release of the ADS V4.5R90F06 version, which brings significant enhancements to our DDoS protection capabilities. The update focuses on bringing more precise DDoS mitigations. This new version improves existing algorithms with an emphasis on advanced technology and usability. Key New Features: 1. DNS Protection Enhancements: DNS Protection Algorithm […]
Shining Moments for NSFOCUS DDoS Defense in 2024
dezembro 31, 2024
January – Release of the 2023 Global DDoS Landscape Report In the 2023 Global DDoS Landscape Report, NSFOCUS proposed important insights on global DDoS threats. DDoS attacks have become an indispensable weapon in cyber warfare, attackers are gradually favoring the use of Virtual Private Server (VPS) as attack sources, and the DDoS attack mode has […]
Introduction to Web APIs of NTA
outubro 6, 2022
The Web API of NTA provides an interface for configuring regions or IP groups. Data can be obtained with a GET request and added, removed, or modified with a POST request, facilitating the query and configuration of NTA by O&M personnel. All API POST requests will be recorded in the NTA audit log. Instructions for […]
2020 DDoS Attack Landscape Report – 2
maio 31, 2021
Key Findings – 2 The Bandwidth of DDoS attacks in 5G Environments Grew Steadily. Small and Medium-sized Attacks Overtook Small Attacks to Become the Mainstream Over the five-year period from 2016 to 2020, the average peak size of DDoS attacks rose to a new level since the latter half of 2018 despite obvious fluctuations. Of […]
FBI Warning: New DDoS Reflection Attacks Are Coming, Are You Ready?
agosto 7, 2020
According to ZDNet’s reports, FBI released a warning last week that some new network protocols were used by criminals to launch large-scale DDoS attacks. Three protocols and one Web applications were found as DDoS attack vectors, including CoAP, WS-DD, ARMS and Web-based Jenkins.
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