Collaborate Disseminate
Over the past year or two, someone has been probing the defenses of the companies that run critical pieces of the Internet. These probes take the form of precisely calibrated attacks designed to determine exactly how well these companies can defend themselves, and what would be required to take them down. We don’t know who is doing this, but it… Continue reading Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet
Brian Krebs reports that the Israeli DDOS service vDOS has earned $600K in the past two years. The information was obtained from a hack and data dump of the company’s information. EDITED TO ADD (9/11): The owners have been arrested…. Continue reading DDOS for Profit
Yet another leaked catalog of Internet attack services, this one specializing in disinformation: But Aglaya had much more to offer, according to its brochure. For eight to 12 weeks campaigns costing €2,500 per day, the company promised to "pollute" internet search results and social networks like Facebook and Twitter "to manipulate current events." For this service, which it labelled "Weaponized… Continue reading Internet Disinformation Service for Hire
Radio noise from a nearby neon-sign transformer made it impossible for people to unlock their cars remotely…. Continue reading Unintentional DOS Attack against Car-Door Openers