Owners of DDoS-for-Hire Service vDOS Get 6 Months Community Service
The co-owners of vDOS, a now-defunct service that for four years helped paying customers launch more than two million distributed
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Career Choice Tip: Cybercrime is Mostly Boring
When law enforcement agencies tout their latest cybercriminal arrest, the defendant is often cast as a bravado outlaw engaged in
Read more UK Ad Campaign Seeks to Deter Cybercrime
The United Kingdom’s anti-cybercrime agency is running online ads aimed at young people who search the Web for services that
Read more Alleged ‘Satori’ IoT Botnet Operator Sought Media Spotlight, Got Indicted
A 20-year-old from Vancouver, Washington was indicted last week on federal hacking charges and for allegedly operating the “Satori” botnet,
Read more DDoS-for-Hire Service Webstresser Dismantled
Authorities in the U.S., U.K. and the Netherlands on Tuesday took down popular online attack-for-hire service WebStresser.org and arrested its alleged
Read more Fear the Reaper, or Reaper Madness?
Last week we looked at reports from China and Israel about a new “Internet of Things” malware strain called “Reaper”
Read more Alleged vDOS Operators Arrested, Charged
Two young Israeli men alleged by this author to have co-founded vDOS — until recently the largest and most profitable
Read more Israeli Online Attack Service ‘vDOS’ Earned $600,000 in Two Years
vDOS — a “booter” service that has earned in excess of $600,000 over the past two years helping customers coordinate more than
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