NETSCOUT’s ATLAS Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT) observed a huge upsurge in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, brute-forcing of access credentials, and malware targeting of internet-connected devices. Emad Fahmy, Systems Engineering Manager, Middle East, NETSCOUT, gives the key findings of this report.Read More…

NETSCOUT’s 2H2020 Threat Intelligence Report correctly predicted that 2020’s record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack activity would follow the COVID-19 pandemic into 2021. According to research from NETSCOUT’s ATLAS Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT), threat actors launched approximately 2.9 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2021,Read More…

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and few minutes of cyber-incident to ruin it.” This is a wise quote once said by a Global CISO, Stephane Nappo. This couldn’t be more true. On a basic level, brands are built on trust. A brand’s reputation is irreparably tarnished whenRead More…

NETSCOUT, today released its 14th annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR), offering direct insights into the security and operational challenges facing service provider and enterprise network operators around the world, and the strategies adopted to address and mitigate them. In addition to the survey results, the WISR is supplemented with globalRead More…