War and Geopolitical Conflict: The New Battleground for DDoS Attacks
The effectiveness of attacks largely depends on organizations' distributed denial-of-service defenses.
FBI seized domains linked to 48 DDoS-for-hire service platforms
The US Department of Justice has seized 48 Internet domains and charged six suspects for their involvement in running 'Booter'…
Six Charged in Mass Takedown of DDoS-for-Hire Sites
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today seized four-dozen domains that sold “booter” or “stresser” services — businesses that make…
Notorious ‘BestBuy’ hacker arraigned for running dark web market
A notorious British hacker was arraigned on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly running the now defunct…
Owner of ‘DownThem’ DDoS service gets 2 years in prison
Matthew Gatrel, 33, a citizen of Illinois, has been sentenced to two years in prison for operating platforms offering DDoS…
“Downthem” DDoS-for-Hire Boss Gets 2 Years in Prison
A 33-year-old Illinois man was sentenced to two years in prison today following his conviction last year for operating services…
Who is the Network Access Broker ‘Wazawaka’
In a great many ransomware attacks, the criminals who pillage the victim's network are not the same crooks who gained…
Dutch police warn customers of a popular DDoS booter service
Dutch police warn customers of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) website of stopping using the service to avoid prosecution. […] The…
Trial Ends in Guilty Verdict for DDoS-for-Hire Boss
A jury in California today reached a guilty verdict in the trial of Matthew Gatrel, a St. Charles, Ill. man…