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9 Devices in Your Office Right Now That Could Be in a Botnet

The record-breaking DDoS attacks of the last year weren’t powered by hackers’ supercomputers. They ran on ordinary office gear, the printer, the camera, the box nobody remembers buying. Here’s how to find yours before someone else uses them.
Donny Chong
Nexusguard
05 Aug 2026
13 mins read

8 Things DDoS Protection Vendors Won't Tell You When You're Buying

Every DDoS threat report leads with the same terrifying headline: record-breaking terabit attacks, massive botnets, and apocalyptic growth percentages. They make for great headlines, but they rarely reflect the threats that actually take your business down.
Donny Chong
Nexusguard
29 Jul 2026
9 mins read

The new traffic problem: What the World Cup 2026 tells us about peak levels of traffic

Driven by continuous streaming, gaming, and cloud services, the "disappearing traffic valley" is turning yesterday's peak internet traffic into today's baseline normal.
Donny Chong
Nexusguard
22 Jul 2026
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Communications Service Provider,Data Protection,Online Retailing,WAF

Ready for Holidays? Web Application Firewall for Sensitive Data Security for Online Shopping

During the traditional shopping season, shopping stores are a high-risk target and even CSPs are not dismissed as completely secure. To reduce the risk on them, they cannot rule out the use of a security service.
Nexusguard
24 Dec 2019
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Communications Service Provider,DDoS Protection,Partnership,TAP

Up your game

DDoS mitigation as a service represents an attractive market for CSPs. But building out this service offering is costly and time-consuming.
Nexusguard
18 Nov 2019
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Cyber Attack,Cybersecurity,DDoS,South Africa

South Africa less than ready for DDoS attacks

Without the right combination of people, processes and technology built upon the right infrastructure, the same old DDoS problem can cause a new pain to South Africa’s networks.
Nexusguard
12 Nov 2019
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Botnet,DNS Attack,HTTP attacks

Who knows you better than you know yourself? Your smartphone.

Believe it or not, chances are that your smartphone has been compromised and incorporated into botnets. Our research findings reveal that DDoS attacks originated from smart connected devices are on the rise.
Nexusguard
30 Oct 2019
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DDoS Protection,DNS Attack,Smart City Security,internet of things

Smart City Security and the Importance of DDoS Protection

When IoT devices are introduced across smart cities, advanced security planning must be factored into the discussions. This is especially important if cities are to ward off attacks from botnets.
Nexusguard
07 Oct 2019
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DDoS,DNS Amplification,DNS Attack,DNSSEC

DNSSEC Fuels New Wave of DNS Amplification

The continued adoption of DNSSEC as a solution DNS cache poisoning is now causing a new set of problems previously underestimated. Advanced protection is a must to safeguard DNS servers.
Nexusguard
16 Sep 2019
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Amplification Attack,DNS Amplification,DNS Attack,Domain Hijack

What Is A DNS Attack And Why Are They Dangerous?

It is orchestrated by an attacker exploiting the vulnerabilities in a DNS. But what exactly is a DNS you might ask?Contact Nexusguard now.
Nexusguard
08 Sep 2019
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Cyber Attack,Cybersecurity,Pentester,Practitioner

VAPT on Static Website

Certified Pentester course was designed by our practitioners. Read through the article and get to learn from the experience of our practitioners.
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25 Aug 2019
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