Rogue Waves: Preparing the Internet for the Next Mega DDoS Attack
Why many attack techniques can be reused – but organizations can’t defend against them. Continue reading Rogue Waves: Preparing the Internet for the Next Mega DDoS Attack
Category Archives: stressor
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
UK Man Gets Two Years in Jail for Running ‘Titanium Stresser’ Attack-for-Hire Service
A 20-year-old man from the United Kingdom was sentenced to two years in prison today after admitting to operating and selling access to “Titanium Stresser,” a simple-to-use service that let paying customers launch crippling online attacks against Web sites and individual Internet users.
Adam Mudd of Herfordshire, U.K. admitted to three counts of computer misuse connected with his creating and operating the attack service, also known as a “stresser” or “booter” tool. Services like Titanium Stresser coordinate so-called “distributed denial-of-service” or DDoS attacks that hurl huge barrages of junk data at a site in a bid to make it crash or become otherwise unreachable to legitimate visitors. Continue reading UK Man Gets Two Years in Jail for Running ‘Titanium Stresser’ Attack-for-Hire Service