June 02, 2020

Crime agency turns to Google ads to deter teen DDoS hackers

The UK's National Crime Agency has hit on a simple way to stop teens from being sucked into cybercrime – using Google Ads.

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January 22, 2020

Ubisoft sues DDoS-for-hire operators for ruining game play

The network of sites and services run by the alleged operators target the Rainbow Six Siege game, selling attacks to cheating players.

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November 19, 2019

Booter boss behind millions of DDoS-for-hire attacks jailed

The US is also juicing him for over half a million in profits from multiple DDoS-for-hire services.

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September 05, 2019

Author of record-setting IoT botnets pleads guilty

He kept working on new botnets (and swatting a co-conspirator-cum-competitor) while indicted and on supervised release.

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March 21, 2019

FBI crackdown on DDoS-for-hire sites led to 85% slash in attack sizes

According to a new report, average and maximum DDoS attack sizes decreased by 85.36% and 23.91%.

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January 30, 2019

It’s mop-up time for WebStresser DDoS-for-hire users

Cops from 14 countries are seeking to inflict a bit of distributed denial-of-freedom to whoever's behind 6 million around-the-globe attacks.

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September 20, 2018

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.

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April 26, 2018

Access denied! World’s largest denial of service site busted

The site's down and at least four of its admins have been arrested

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December 20, 2017

Teen sentenced for vDOS rampage

He had a “substantial” role in targeting Netflix, Amazon, Verizon, BBC and other big brand sites in extraordinary DDoS attacks

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