DETECTING AND COUNTERING MODERN ATTACKS

Dovletaly N. Nuryagdyyev
The Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan;
97dowlet97@gmail.com

Vitaly B. Kreindelin
Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, Moscow, Russia;
vitkrend@gmail.com

DOI: 10.36724/2664-066X-2026-12-2-2-7

SYNCHROINFO JOURNAL. Volume 12, Number 2 (2026). P. 2-7.

Abstract

The IT community’s top priority has become the implementation of monitoring and active defense tools, including IDS, IPS, and integrated IDS platforms. This paper provides a detailed analysis of existing threats, with a particular emphasis on the destructive impact of zero-day attacks, which have become a critical problem for US cybersecurity. It examines the paradigm of network infrastructure protection using IDS/IPS (Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention System) tools against the backdrop of a qualitative change in cyberthreats. Analyzing modern challenges – from fileless infection methods to targeted APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) campaigns – the authors point to the exhaustion of the potential of standard signature analysis. The paper aims to find ways to improve the effectiveness of network traffic monitoring in the face of constantly evolving attacker tools.

Keywords:  Information security, IDS/IPS solutions, machine learning, network packet analysis, data security, intrusion prevention, cyber threats, behavioral analysis, network resiliency

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