Hacker Who DDoSed Sony, EA and Steam Gaming Servers Pleads Guilty

A 23-year-old hacker from Utah pleaded guilty this week to launching a series of denial-of-service DoS attacks against multiple online services, websites, and online gaming companies between 2013 and 2014. According to a Justice Department DoJ press release, Austin Thompson, a.k.a. "DerpTroll,"...

Lizard Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-07131)

Lizard formerly known as LZ5 is a lossless compression software package. A security vulnerability exists in the 'LZ5compresscontinue' function of the lz5compress.c file in version 2.0 of Lizard, which stems from the program using an invalid memory address. An attacker could exploit this...

CVE-2018-16985

In Lizard formerly LZ5 2.0, use of an invalid memory address was discovered in LZ5compresscontinue in lz5compress.c, related to LZ5compressfastSmall and MEMread32. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service...

Design/Logic Flaw

In Lizard formerly LZ5 2.0, use of an invalid memory address was discovered in LZ5compresscontinue in lz5compress.c, related to LZ5compressfastSmall and MEMread32. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service...

CVE-2018-16985

In Lizard formerly LZ5 2.0, use of an invalid memory address was discovered in LZ5compresscontinue in lz5compress.c, related to LZ5compressfastSmall and MEMread32. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service...

CVE-2018-16985

In Lizard formerly LZ5 2.0, use of an invalid memory address was discovered in LZ5compresscontinue in lz5compress.c, related to LZ5compressfastSmall and MEMread32. The vulnerability causes a segmentation fault and application crash, which leads to denial of service...

CVE-2018-16985

In Lizard (formerly LZ5) 2.0, CVE-2018-16985 arises from an invalid memory address in LZ5_compress_continue (lz5_compress.c), related to LZ5_compress_fastSmall and MEM_read32. This leads to a segmentation fault and application crash, causing denial of service. Details on affected products/version...

Leader of DDoS-for-Hire Gang Pleads Guilty to Bomb Threats

A 19-year-old man from the United Kingdom who headed a cybercriminal group whose motto was "Feds Can't Touch Us" pleaded guilty this week to making bomb threats against thousands of schools. On Aug. 31, officers with the U.K.'s National Crime Agency NCA arrested Hertfordshire resident George...

Lizard Denial of Service Vulnerability

Lizard formerly known as LZ5 is a lossless compression software package. A security vulnerability exists in the 'LizarddecompressLIZv1' function lib/lizarddecompressliz.h file in Lizard version 1.0 and LZ5 version 2.0, which stems from the program's failure to correctly detect buffer size. A remo...

Remote code execution

In Lizard v1.0 and LZ5 v2.0 the prior release, before the product was renamed, there is an unchecked buffer size during a memcpy in the LizarddecompressLIZv1 function lib/lizarddecompressliz.h. Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file,...

CVE-2018-11498

In Lizard v1.0 and LZ5 v2.0 the prior release, before the product was renamed, there is an unchecked buffer size during a memcpy in the LizarddecompressLIZv1 function lib/lizarddecompressliz.h. Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file,...

CVE-2018-11498

In Lizard v1.0 and LZ5 v2.0 the prior release, before the product was renamed, there is an unchecked buffer size during a memcpy in the LizarddecompressLIZv1 function lib/lizarddecompressliz.h. Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file,...

CVE-2018-11498

In Lizard v1.0 and LZ5 v2.0 the prior release, before the product was renamed, there is an unchecked buffer size during a memcpy in the LizarddecompressLIZv1 function lib/lizarddecompressliz.h. Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted input file,...

CVE-2018-11498

CVE-2018-11498 affects Lizard v1.0 and LZ5 v2.0. A buffer size check is missing in Lizard_decompress_LIZv1 (lib/lizard_decompress_liz.h) during memcpy, enabling remote attackers to trigger denial of service or remote code execution with crafted input. Sources from CNVD/FreeBSD VuXML/NVD OSV corro...

lizard -- Negative size passed to memcpy resulting in memory corruption

[email protected] reports: In Lizard v1.0 and LZ5 v2.0 the prior release, before the product was renamed, there is an unchecked buffer size during a memcpy in the LizarddecompressLIZv1 function lib/lizarddecompressliz.h. Remote attackers can leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service vi...

Lizard Squad is alive and continuing activities as BigBotPein: Report

By Waqas According to researchers, evidence suggests Lizard Squad is alive and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lizard Squad is alive and continuing activities as BigBotPein: Report...

Lizard Squad & PoodleCorp Founder Pleads Guilty to DDoS Attacks

By Waqas Remember Lizard Squad? Yes, a group of DDoS attackers who This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Lizard Squad PoodleCorp Founder Pleads Guilty to DDoS Attacks...

Blizzard Entertainment Hit With Weekend DDoS Attack

Blizzard Entertainment reported a crippling DDoS attack over the weekend creating chronic latency and connection issues for players of games Overwatch, World of Warcraft and others. The DDoS attack has since subsided, according to Blizzard, but users are still grousing on Twitter over lingering...

Vigilante Hackers Aim to Hijack 200,000 Routers to Make Them More Secure

The same "Vigilante-style Hacker," who previously hacked more than 10,000 routers to make them more secure, has once again made headlines by compromising more than 70,000 home routers and apparently forcing their owners to make them secure against flaws and weak passwords. Just like the infamous...

THN Weekly Roundup — Top 14 Must-Read Cyber Security Stories

We found a high concern for cybersecurity tactics and an increased awareness of the challenges that it brings. This week, we shared lots of stories with our readers, and to help them in identifying the biggest malware threats to their online safety. We are here with the outline of our last week...