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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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Botnet,DDoS,IoT,Malware,RCE Vulnerability,Satori,Zero-day attack

Satori Demonstrates Attackers’ Continued Drive for Zero-Day Exploits

Satori will exploit it prompting the device to download from a remote server and run a precompiled, executable code that targets vulnerabilities of certain home router models.
Nexusguard
30 Jul 2018
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Banking and Finance,DDoS,DDoS Protection,Financial Sector

Protect Against DDOS Attacks in the Financial Sector

Recently, DDoS attacks have been endangering the security of the global financial sector. Want to know more about it? Click here to read our blog now!
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23 Jul 2018
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How Nexusguard Origin Protection Enhances your Network Security

Suffering from sophisticated cyber-attacks? Click here to learn how Nexusguard Origin Protection can save your infrastructure from DDoS attacks.
Nexusguard
23 Jul 2018
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Cybersecurity,DDoS Protection,Data Privacy,Data Protection

Surviving GDPR Data Protection Policy Means Future Success

Want to know how to implement cybersecurity practices that comply with GDPR? Click here to read our blog for more information.
Nexusguard
18 Jul 2018
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Clean Pipe,DDoS,DDoS Protection,ISP

Can “clean pipe” really clean dirty traffic?

Blackholing certainly does seem to be a tempting option. However, one unhappy customer can now ruin reputations as bad word of mouth does spread quickly. There is also a growing consensus that ISPs should protect end customers from DDoS attacks and ensure maximum network availability.
Nexusguard
16 Jul 2018
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Amplification Attack,Cyber Attack,DDoS,Memcached Attack

Insecure IoT Devices and Memcached Servers Abused for Amplification Attacks

Attacks fired by DDoS-for-hire will be even bigger and cheaper in the future. Click here to read our blog on how to identify unsecured memcached servers now!
Nexusguard
04 Jun 2018
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Threats of Memcached Server Attacks Can Be Daunting

Want to know more about memcached server attack? Our blog explains our observations and mitigation approach. Click here to read more!
Nexusguard
09 Mar 2018
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Amplification Attack,Cyber Attack,DDoS,Memcached Attack

Mitigating the record-setting Memcached DDoS attacks

At 51,000 times, the record-setting amplification effect achieved by abusing vulnerable Memcached servers greatly surpasses anything seen before.
Nexusguard
02 Mar 2018
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