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Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss

Krebs on Security

man charged in 2018 with operating two online services that allowed paying customers to launch powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Internet users and websites. with operating two DDoS-for-hire or “booter” services — downthem[.]org Charles, Ill. The user interface for Downthem[.]org.

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Notorious Malware, Spam Host “Prospero” Moves to Kaspersky Lab

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Cybersecurity reporter Kim Zetter notes that DHS didn’t cite any specific justification for its ban in 2017, but media reports quoting anonymous government officials referenced two incidents. government for its hacking operations, CEO Eugene Kaspersky says he ordered workers to delete the code. Last year, the U.S.

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No, Elon — X DDoS was NOT by Ukraine

Security Boulevard

The post No, Elon X DDoS was NOT by Ukraine appeared first on Security Boulevard. X marks the botnet: Outage outrage was a Ukrainian cyberattack, implies our favorite African billionaire comedy villain.

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Feds Take Down 13 More DDoS-for-Hire Services

Krebs on Security

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week seized 13 domain names connected to “ booter ” services that let paying customers launch crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Ten of the domains are reincarnations of DDoS-for-hire services the FBI seized in December 2022, when it charged six U.S.

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Pro-Russia collective NoName057(16) launched a new wave of DDoS attacks on Italian sites

Security Affairs

Pro-Russia collective NoName057(16) launched DDoS attacks on Italian sites, targeting airports, the Transport Authority, major ports, and banks. The pro-Russia hacker group NoName057(16) launched a new wave of DDoS attacks this morning against multiple Italian entities. NoName057(16) uses multiple tools to carry out their attacks.

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A massive DDoS knocked offline Belgian government websites

Security Affairs

A massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack shut down Belgiums’ government websites, internal networks were also impacted. A massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack hit most of the Belgium government ’s IT network, according to the media the attack also knocked offline internal systems.

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Pro-Russia group NoName targeted the websites of Italian airports

Security Affairs

Pro-Russia group NoName057 targets Italian sites, including Malpensa and Linate airports, in a new DDoS campaign amid rising geopolitical tensions. The pro-Russia group NoName57 continues its campaign of DDoS attacks against Italian infrastructure. At the time of this writing, the websites are still facing problems.

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