Operation Power Off: 50 DDoS-services taken offline in international crackdown

Law enforcement agencies in the United States, UK, Netherlands, Poland, and Germany have brought down the most popular DDoS-for-hire services on the internet, responsible for tens of millions of attacks against websites.

Read more in my article on t… Continue reading Operation Power Off: 50 DDoS-services taken offline in international crackdown

250 Webstresser Users to Face Legal Action

More than 250 customers of a popular and powerful online attack-for-hire service that was dismantled by authorities in 2018 are expected to face legal action for the damage they caused, according to Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency…. Continue reading 250 Webstresser Users to Face Legal Action

User of the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire website? Police say they’re coming after you

When police shut down the notorious DDoS-for-hire website webstresser.org last year and arrested its administrators, a clear message was sent to the site’s 151,000 users: you’re next.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading User of the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire website? Police say they’re coming after you

User of the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire website? Police say they’re coming after you

When police shut down the notorious website webstresser.org last year and arrested its administrators, a clear message was sent to the site’s 151,000 users: you’re next. Until its takedown, webstresser.org was believed to the world’s … Continue reading User of the world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire website? Police say they’re coming after you

DDoS Attacks Get Bigger, Smarter and More Diverse

DDoS attacks is relentless. New techniques, new targets and a new class of attackers continue to reinvigorate one of the internet’s oldest nemesis. Continue reading DDoS Attacks Get Bigger, Smarter and More Diverse

Webstresser: When Platform Capitalism Goes Rogue

Platform criminality is leading to a rise in online services that offer easy access to malware and cybercrime expertise We must move beyond a simplistic firefighting approach to cybercrime if we want to disrupt cybercrime supply chains Earlier this yea… Continue reading Webstresser: When Platform Capitalism Goes Rogue