DDoS site Dstat.cc seized and two suspects arrested in Germany
The Dstat.cc DDoS review platform has been seized by law enforcement, and two suspects have been arrested after the service helped…
New HTTP/2 DoS attack can crash web servers with a single connection
Newly discovered HTTP/2 protocol vulnerabilities called "CONTINUATION Flood" can lead to denial of service (DoS) attacks, crashing web servers with…
OpenAI confirms DDoS attacks behind ongoing ChatGPT outages
During the last 24 hours, OpenAI has been addressing what it describes as "periodic outages" linked to DDoS attacks affecting…
Police cracks down on DDoS-for-hire service active since 2013
Polish police officers part of the country's Central Cybercrime Bureau detained two suspects believed to have been involved in the operation…
Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer
Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. What…
Feds Take Down 13 More DDoS-for-Hire Services
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week seized 13 domain names connected to “booter” services that let paying…
German Police Raid DDoS-Friendly Host ‘FlyHosting’
Authorities in Germany this week seized Internet servers that powered FlyHosting, a dark web service that catered to cybercriminals operating…
UK Sets Up Fake Booter Sites To Muddy DDoS Market
The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA) has been busy setting up phony DDoS-for-hire websites that seek to collect information…
Cloudflare blocks record-breaking 71 million RPS DDoS attack
This weekend, Cloudflare blocked what it describes as the largest volumetric distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack to date. [...]
Thinking of Hiring or Running a Booter Service? Think Again.
Most people who operate DDoS-for-hire services attempt to hide their true identities and location. Proprietors of these so-called “booter” or…