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UK Sets Up Fake Booter Sites To Muddy DDoS Market

Krebs on Security

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has been busy setting up phony DDoS-for-hire websites that seek to collect information on users, remind them that launching DDoS attacks is illegal, and generally increase the level of paranoia for people looking to hire such services. In mid-December 2022, the U.S.

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UK Sets Up Fake Booter Sites To Muddy DDoS Market

Security Boulevard

The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA) has been busy setting up phony DDoS-for-hire websites that seek to collect information on users, remind them that launching DDoS attacks is illegal, and generally increase the level of paranoia for people looking to hire such services.

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This Service Helps Malware Authors Fix Flaws in their Code

Krebs on Security

RedBear’s service is marketed not only to malware creators, but to people who rent or buy malicious software and services from other cybercriminals. 2016 and July 2017 that sought to corner the increasingly lucrative and competitive market for ransomware-as-a-service offerings. is cybercrime forum. ESTRANGED BEDFELLOWS.

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‘Spam Nation’ Villain Vrublevsky Charged With Fraud

Krebs on Security

Pavel Vrublevsky , founder of the Russian payment technology firm ChronoPay and the antagonist in my 2014 book “ Spam Nation ,” was arrested in Moscow this month and charged with fraud. Festi also was the botnet used in the DDoS attack that sent Vrubelvsky to prison for two years in 2013. ” The Hydra darknet market.

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SSNDOB marketplace shut down by global law enforcement operation

Malwarebytes

DDoS attacks from rivals are common, so several domains working together keeps things ticking over. Chainalysis also notes a potential connection between SSNDOB and another dark web market trading in credit cards which called it quits in 2021. The threat of stolen PII.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Malware-based anonymity networks are a major source of unwanted and malicious web traffic directed at online retailers, Internet service providers (ISPs), social networks, email providers and financial institutions.

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Sudanese Brothers Arrested in ‘AnonSudan’ Takedown

Krebs on Security

AnonSudan ), a cybercrime business known for launching powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against a range of targets, including dozens of hospitals, news websites and cloud providers. AnonSudan claimed credit for successful DDoS attacks on numerous U.S. 2023), and OpenAI (Nov. A statement by the U.S.

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