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Before diving into how long a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack lasts, it’s necessary to uncover how a DDoS attack works. DDoS attacks aim to overwhelm systems by sending illegitimate traffic to applications, websites, servers, or other network environments. The end goal is to bring the service offline...

I recently sat down with Rick Fulwiler, Senior Director of Product Management – AIOps at NETSCOUT, for an in-depth and insightful discussion on the foundational role that good data has in ensuring that service provider AIOps delivers on its promise. You can watch the entire discussion here, but the following are some...

In the digital age, where connectivity and data are paramount, cybersecurity threats such as ransomware loom large, posing significant risks to organizations worldwide. Ransomware attacks have evolved into sophisticated campaigns that can cripple businesses, demanding ransom payments in exchange for decrypting or not...

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are a common tactic among hackers. They disrupt the availability of networks, applications, websites, and more to interrupt the functions of enterprises, service providers, and governments. DDoS attacks are also used as a diversion by bringing down one area of a network or...

“Out of sight, out of mind” might be a charming notion when it comes to dealing with household chores, but when IT professionals are attempting to ensure unified-communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) tools at remote sites are operating flawlessly, lack of observability can flat-out ruin your day. As businesses...

Research shows that the cellular Internet of Things (IoT) market is in recovery, with a growth of 7 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2024. 5G provides connectivity for emerging IoT devices and allows for advanced use cases in support of massive, critical, and broadband IoT. Current 4G LTE cellular...

The 2024 Summer Games is among the largest events in the world, with everyone from home viewers to businesses, industries, and entire nations having interest and involvement. Each audience segment will depend on connectivity throughout the games. With a stage that large, bad actors with anything from a personal grudge...

Cyberthreats are evolving every day to become increasingly sophisticated and complex. Keeping up with them is a difficult but necessary task that you cannot afford to undertake alone. That is where choosing the right cybersecurity solution comes into play. There are several factors to consider when selecting the...

At a recent NetworkX webinar, Heavy Reading and NETSCOUT took a closer look at how telecommunications operators are rethinking artificial intelligence for operations (AIOps) to address 5G network challenges. This blog, and the series that follows, delves into how next-gen AI is being used to improve application and...

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are a major risk for enterprise virtual private network (VPN) concentrators. Protecting these servers is paramount for business operations and continuity. Without a secure VPN, remote workers lose access to enterprise network resources, applications, and data, impacting...

It’s hard enough to build a world-class customer service organization, but when you add in the demand to ensure top performance of unified-communications-and-collaboration-as-a-service (UCaaS) platforms on which today’s contact centers often rely, the job of IT becomes gargantuan. In NETSCOUT’s latest UCaaS survey, 99...

Recently some network operators have raised questions about the use of flow data to detect distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, with the main concern being a perception that NetFlow export latency means an attack will not be detected quickly enough. Additionally, sometimes operators think that packet-based...

As today’s enterprises continue to digitally transform to meet the evolving needs of a dynamic business universe, IT departments are facing a myriad of challenges in keeping networks up and running smoothly. IT must deal with network and application performance across geographically dispersed facilities such as...

NETSCOUT announced the extension of its long-term partnership with Vodafone to enhance the performance of Vodafone’s networks for customers. The multi-year agreement leverages NETSCOUT InfinistreamNG to provide real-time, end-to-end visibility monitoring solutions across Vodafone’s physical and virtual network...

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attackers are both persistent and creative. One of their creative methods that has seen an increase recently is attacks on HTTPS web applications and services by employing encrypted traffic. Attackers are unrelenting in their assaults on high-value encrypted targets. The high...

With the growing proliferation of unified-communications-and-collaboration-as-a-service (UCaaS) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools, it is little wonder IT teams are facing an increasing number of trouble tickets related to these solutions. Dropped calls, delays in joining meetings, and poor video and audio quality...

Perhaps sixteenth-century writer John Bunyan said it best: “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” That is what NETSCOUT and its employees have done via a philanthropic partnership with the Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF). Since 1997, the GLCF has pursued...

Every organization strives to grow its business operations and sustain that growth long-term. But with growth also comes a series of challenges for IT teams overseeing a complex infrastructure—one of the most common being the management of performance monitoring vendors and tools. It can be costly to maintain a...

Network detection and response (NDR) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have several key differences. EDR monitors endpoints, including personal computers, smartphones, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, file servers, and more to mitigate attacks on said devices. An EDR security solution functions by deploying a...

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” Although T.S. Eliot originally penned these words as a preface for Harry Crosby’s 1931 poetry collection “Transit of Venus,” the essence aptly captures the current state of telecommunications at the technological crossroads. On the never...