Collaborate Disseminate
While analyzing the handshake process in TLS 1.3 and comparing it to TLS 1.2, I began to wonder if the simplified handshake structure in TLS 1.3 introduces new vulnerabilities. This concern is particularly relevant in scenarios involving S… Continue reading Does the Simplified Handshake in TLS 1.3 Increase Susceptibility to SSL/TLS Flood Attacks?
An operation known as PowerOFF led to the arrest of three individuals and the shutdown of 27 domains.
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Operation PowerOFF has disrupted what was anticipated to be a surge of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks over the Christmas period by taking over two dozen “booter” or “stresser” websites offline.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire S… Continue reading 27 DDoS-for-hire services disrupted in run-up to holiday season
As part of an ongoing international crackdown known as Operation PowerOFF, international law enforcement has seized over two dozen platforms used to carry out Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. These “booter” (aka “stresser… Continue reading 27 DDoS-for hire platforms seized by law enforcement
A press release from Dutch Politie: Starting this week, law enforcement agencies from fifteen different countries, together with Europol, are once again taking large-scale action against DDoS-for-hire services. In Operation PowerOFF, three arrests were… Continue reading Global Police Action Against DDoS Attackers: Operation PowerOFF
A CEO is arrested for turning satellite receivers into DDoS attack weapons! Then, we’ll journey into the world of bossware and “affective computing” and explore how AI is learning to read our emotions – is this the future of work, or a recipe for dyst… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #396: Dishy DDoS dramas, and mining our minds for data
Aqua Nautilus researchers have discovered a campaign powering a series of large-scale DDoS attacks launched by Matrix, which… Continue reading ‘Matrix’ Hackers Deploy Massive New IoT Botnet for DDoS Attacks
How plug-and-play hacking tools and lax configs helped a Russian script kiddie start a scheme.
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Lumen Technology’s Black Lotus Labs took the ngioweb botnet and NSOCKS proxy offline Tuesday.
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The Internet Archive (Archive.org) suffered a second security breach in October 2024, exposing support tickets through unrotated Zendesk… Continue reading Internet Archive (Archive.org) Hacked for Second Time in a Month