Lizard Squad failed to encrypt its database of LizardStresser’s registered users – storing details of their usernames and passwords in plaintext. A schoolboy error if ever I heard one.
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The rent-a-DDoS service that knocked out Xbox Live and Playstation Network is powered by thousands of hacked residential internet routers.
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The attack which knocked the PlayStation Network (PSN) and Xbox Live offline over Christmas appears to have been a publicity stunt, designed to gain notoriety and draw attention to the hacking group which has claimed responsibility – Lizard Squad.
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Malicious DDoS attack blamed for taking major gaming networks Xbox Live and Playstation Network offline for Christmas…
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Hosting and managed cloud provider Rackspace has been taken offline for more than 12 hours by a massive DDoS attack.
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Barack Obama promises that the United States will respond to the Sony hack, and North Korea drops off the internet. Is there a connection?
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SANS Internet Storm Center reports attacks against SMTP servers using Shellshock exploits to create a DDoS botnet.
As promised in our post about the European Cyber Security Month during October, we are publishing about Botnets and Exploits this week. Even though we had the Poodle flaw in the web encryption standard a few days ago, we are using this week to explain what are botnets and exploits and how they work.
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New reflected distributed denial of service attack techniques are increasing the volume of each attack as well as the overall frequency of large-scale DDoS attacks.
Two malware samples trying to exploit the Bash vulnerability, both DDoS bots, were snared in a honeypot belonging to AlienVault Labs.
