Collaborate Disseminate
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week seized 13 domain names connected to “booter” services that let paying customers launch crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Ten of the domains are reincarnations of DDoS-for-hire services the FBI seized in December 2022, when it charged six U.S. men with computer crimes for allegedly operating booters. Continue reading Feds Take Down 13 More DDoS-for-Hire Services
The UK’s National Crime Agency has hit on a simple way to stop teens from being sucked into cybercrime – using Google Ads. Continue reading Crime agency turns to Google ads to deter teen DDoS hackers
The network of sites and services run by the alleged operators target the Rainbow Six Siege game, selling attacks to cheating players. Continue reading Ubisoft sues DDoS-for-hire operators for ruining game play
The US is also juicing him for over half a million in profits from multiple DDoS-for-hire services. Continue reading Booter boss behind millions of DDoS-for-hire attacks jailed
He kept working on new botnets (and swatting a co-conspirator-cum-competitor) while indicted and on supervised release. Continue reading Author of record-setting IoT botnets pleads guilty
According to a new report, average and maximum DDoS attack sizes decreased by 85.36% and 23.91%. Continue reading FBI crackdown on DDoS-for-hire sites led to 85% slash in attack sizes
The FBI has made an appeal to organizations victimized by DDoS attacks to share details and characteristics of those incidents. Continue reading FBI Asks Businesses to Share Details About DDoS Attacks
Law enforcement from more than a dozen countries last week carried out a series of operations designed to crack down on DDoS-for-hire services. Continue reading Law Enforcement Targets Users of DDoS-For-Hire Services
Researchers at Flashpoint said Friday’s DDoS attack against DNS provider Dyn was likely the work of script kiddies and not advanced attackers. Continue reading Dyn DDoS Work of Script Kiddies, Not Politically Motivated Hackers