February 22, 2019

Microsoft fixes web server DDoS bug

Overzealous use of HTTP/2 flow control settings in IIS could have brought servers to their knees.

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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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January 14, 2019

10 years for Boston Children’s Hospital attacker

Martin Gottesfeld said he wishes he “had done more” than knock out BCH’s network for at least two weeks.

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November 09, 2018

DerpTrolling game server DDoS attacker pleads guilty

Austin Thompson pleaded guilty on November 6 in a San Diego Federal court to knowingly causing damage to third-party computers.

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October 24, 2018

Poorly secured SSH servers targeted by Chalubo botnet

SophosLabs has detected a new DDoS botnet targeting poorly secured SSH servers - called Chalubo, it is named in honour of its use of the ChaCha stream cipher.

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October 22, 2018

Maker of LuminosityLink RAT gets 30 months in the clink

Prosecutors said that the 21-year-old LuminosityLink author had no respect for the law and showed contempt for moral rules and social norms.

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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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September 07, 2018

Teen hacker admits to SWATting schools, airline flight

The teenager made bomb threats to schools, and to a flight between the UK and San Francisco while it was in mid-air.

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August 06, 2018

Guilty! Court sinks children’s hospital attacker found stranded on a boat

Martin Gottesfeld set off DDoS attacks against hospitals in #opJustina, fled the country in a boat, and had to be rescued by a Disney ship.

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