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Owners of DDoS-for-Hire Service vDOS Get 6 Months Community Service

Krebs on Security

The co-owners of vDOS , a now-defunct service that for four years helped paying customers launch more than two million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that knocked countless Internet users and websites offline, each have been sentenced to six months of community service by an Israeli court. vDOS as it existed on Sept.

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DDoS attacks in Q2 2021

SecureList

For example, April saw the active distribution of a new DDoS botnet called Simps — the name under which it introduced itself to owners of infected devices. The malware creators promoted their brainchild on a specially set-up YouTube channel and Discord server, where they discussed DDoS attacks.

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Experts warn of mass exploitation of critical PHP flaw CVE-2024-4577

Security Affairs

An attacker can exploit the flaw to bypass protections for a previous vulnerability, CVE-2012-1823, using specific character sequences. Akamai researchers also observed threat actors behind the DDoS botnet Muhstik exploiting this vulnerability.

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The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon

Krebs on Security

On Sunday, 8chan and a host of other sites related to QAnon conspiracy theories were briefly knocked offline after Guilmette called 8chan’s anti-DDoS provider and convinced them to stop protecting the site from crippling online attacks (8Chan is now protected by an anti-DDoS provider in St. Petersburg, Russia).

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Man Who Mass-Extorted Psychotherapy Patients Gets Six Years

Krebs on Security

Kivimäki initially gained notoriety as a self-professed member of the Lizard Squad , a mainly low-skilled hacker group that specialized in DDoS attacks. But American and Finnish investigators say Kivimäki’s involvement in cybercrime dates back to at least 2008, when he was introduced to a founding member of what would soon become HTP.

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Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France

Krebs on Security

Kivimäki initially gained notoriety as a self-professed member of the Lizard Squad , a mainly low-skilled hacker group that specialized in DDoS attacks. The DDoS-for-hire service allegedly operated by Kivimäki in 2012. Kivimäki was 15 years old at the time.

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Booter Boss Busted By Bacon Pizza Buy

Krebs on Security

Investigators say Bukoski’s booter service was among the longest running services targeted by the FBI, operating since at least 2012. The landing page for the Quantum Stresser attack-for-hire service. When an online pizza delivery order brings FBI agents to raid your home.

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