FBI Denies Service to 15 DDoS-for-Hire Sites, Charges Operators
The FBI has taken down several of the largest DDoS-as-a-service sites on the web. Continue reading FBI Denies Service to 15 DDoS-for-Hire Sites, Charges Operators
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Feds Charge Three in Mass Seizure of Attack-for-hire Services
Authorities in the United States this week brought criminal hacking charges against three men as part of an unprecedented, international takedown targeting 15 different “booter” or “stresser” sites — attack-for-hire services that helped paying customers launch tens of thousands of digital sieges capable of knocking Web sites and entire network providers offline. Continue reading Feds Charge Three in Mass Seizure of Attack-for-hire Services
Bomb Threat Hoaxer, DDos Boss Gets 3 Years
The alleged ringleader of a gang of cyber hooligans that made bomb threats against hundreds of schools and launched debilitating denial-of-service attacks against Web sites (including KrebsOnSecurity on multiple occasions) has been sentenced to three y… Continue reading Bomb Threat Hoaxer, DDos Boss Gets 3 Years
Mirai Co-Author Gets 6 Months Confinement, $8.6M in Fines for Rutgers Attacks
The convicted co-author of the highly disruptive Mirai botnet malware strain has been sentenced to 2,500 hours of community service, six months home confinement, and ordered to pay $8.6 million in restitution for repeatedly using Mirai to take down Internet services at Rutgers University, his former alma mater. Continue reading Mirai Co-Author Gets 6 Months Confinement, $8.6M in Fines for Rutgers Attacks
Lawfare editor on persistent DDoS attack: ‘We wish they’d knock it off’
Influential national security blog Lawfare has been the target of a distributed denial-of-service attack since Wednesday, with attackers amplifying their efforts as security measures are used to stop the traffic barrage. The DDoS attack knocked the site offline intermittently for a few hours on Wednesday, Executive Editor Susan Hennessey estimated, but the malicious traffic stubbornly persisted through Thursday. The attack “increased substantially in response to preliminary defense measures,” Hennessey told CyberScoop in an email Thursday. The website appears to have stabilized, she said, despite the continuous pinging of Lawfare’s site. “Previous attacks have taken us offline for longer period, but we now have more sophisticated defenses in place so size doesn’t necessarily correlate to impact,” said Hennessey, a former attorney in the National Security Agency’s Office of General Counsel. “While large, the attack hasn’t been especially sophisticated in morphing, so our current measures of just blocking the traffic seem to be working,” she added later […]
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FBI wants to keep “helpful” Mirai botnet authors around
The young men behind the powerful IoT device botnet have been working undercover with law enforcement since they were first fingered. Continue reading FBI wants to keep “helpful” Mirai botnet authors around
Alleged ‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Sought Media Spotlight, Got Indicted
A 20-year-old from Vancouver, Washington was indicted last week on federal hacking charges and for allegedly operating the “Satori” botnet, a malware strain unleashed last year that infected hundreds of thousands of wireless routers and other “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices. This outcome is hardly surprising given that the accused’s alleged alter ego has been relentless in seeking media attention for this global crime machine. Continue reading Alleged ‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Sought Media Spotlight, Got Indicted
Study: Attack on KrebsOnSecurity Cost IoT Device Owners $323K
A monster distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) against KrebsOnSecurity.com in 2016 knocked this site offline for nearly four days. The attack was executed through a network of hacked “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices such as Internet routers, security cameras and digital video recorders. A new study that tries to measure the direct cost of that one attack for IoT device users whose machines were swept up in the assault found that it may have cost device owners a total of $323,973.75 in excess power and added bandwidth consumption.
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Access denied! World’s largest denial of service site busted
The site’s down and at least four of its admins have been arrested Continue reading Access denied! World’s largest denial of service site busted
Police Shut Down Largest DDoS-for-Hire Marketplace
A large marketplace that allowed users to rent distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) infrastructure from hackers has been shut down following a global law enforcement operation led by police agencies from the Netherlands and the UK. Known as webstresse… Continue reading Police Shut Down Largest DDoS-for-Hire Marketplace