DDOs Tracer - 1.0 Released by MaxPainCode

DDOs Tracer - 1.0 Released by MaxPainCode At most any time of the day, there's a distributed denial-of-service DDOS attack underway somewhere on the Internet. Yes, it's still true, despite reports that some ISPs have experienced fewer DDOS attacks overall during the last six months. It's a matter...

Dirt Jumper Caught in the Act

In late July 2011, a specific piece of malware came to our attention. Analysis revealed that this particular piece of malware was launching DDoS attacks and we have direct evidence of DDoS attack on two Russian websites. One of these was a gaming website, the other involved in selling a popular...

British police issue warning to Anonymous, Lulzsec and other internet hacktivists

British police issue warning to Anonymous, Lulzsec and other internet hacktivists The Metropolitan Police have taken the unusual step of using Twitter to send a message to anyone considering supporting internet attacks against companies and governments.A message posted on the Met Police's officia...

Paypal gives FBI the list of IP Address of 1,000 Anomymous hackers

Paypal gives FBI the list of IP Address of 1,000 Anomymous hackers Paypal collected 1000 IP addresses of those carrying out Anonymous' DDoS attacks against PayPal last December. To be fair the names on the list will probably be the bottom feeding script kiddies rather than the hackers at the top ...

Paypal gives FBI the list of IP Address of 1,000 Anomymous hackers

Paypal gives FBI the list of IP Address of 1,000 Anomymous hackers Paypal collected 1000 IP addresses of those carrying out Anonymous' DDoS attacks against PayPal last December. To be fair the names on the list will probably be the bottom feeding script kiddies rather than the hackers at the top ...

How Did One Of The World's Poorer Countries Become its Top Source of Online Attacks?

What country serves up the biggest share of online attacks? The U.S., you say? It’s the world’s largest and most advanced economy. China maybe? Its growing fast, with billions of citizens and hundreds of millions of Internet users. How about Russia? Try Myanmar. The southeast Asian country that’s...

Alleged Anonymous Member Faces Internet Ban, Monitoring Software

The U.S. Government is demanding that an alleged member of the online hacking group Anonymous be banned from using the Internet as a condition of his release, but won’t require him to run FBI monitoring software on his computers, saying the monitoring wasn’t enforceable. In a motion filed on July...

Anonymous Claims Hack of NATO, Sends Warning to FBI

The Internet hacker collective Anonymous claims to have breached the security of NATO’s computer network and made off with roughly a gigabyte of “restricted material,” according to a message posted from a Twitter account belonging to the group. Anonymous released two NATO documents in PDF form,...

FBI Raids New York Homes of Suspected Anonymous Members

Agents of the FBI raided three homes in New York on Tuesday and seized computers believed to be involved in recent attacks by the Anonymous hacking group. FBI Agents raided three homes in Brooklyn, Baldwin and Merrick, New York at 6:00 AM, armed with search warrants seeking computers and related...

McAfee Fingers North Korea in Attacks on South Korean Sites

An analysis by anti malware firm McAfee says that attacks against South Korean government and U.S. military Websites most likely came from North Korea. Analysis of the March, 2011 attacks and the malware used to carry them out suggest that the mission was carried out by forces in North Korea in...

MasterCard downed by ISP, not Anonymous hackers

MasterCard downed by ISP, not Anonymous hackers Two days before Anonymous declare that MasterCard again down by Ddos attack in support of Wikileaks & Anonymous via twitter. It was shortly after MasterCard went down that someone on Twitter, known as ibomhacktivist, promoted "MasterCard.com DOWN!!!...

Anonymous Hackers target Orlando websites & #OpOrlando Press Release

Anonymous Hackers target Orlando websites & OpOrlando Press Release The next target for the hacktivist group known as Anonymous will be the city of Orlando. Anonymous has reportedly shut down the Orlando Chamber of Commerce website. In One Press Release Anonymous Call To Arms In Op Orlando...

UK Authorities Charge Suspected LulzSec Member for DDoS Attacks

A 19 year-old UK man was charged on Wednesday for the role he played in attacks on the UK’s Serious Organized Crime Agency SOCA as well as UK’s British Phonographic Industry BPI and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPI, according to a statement released by the Metropolitan...

Network Solutions' Systems Back Online Following DDoS Attacks

Web host and domain name registry Network Solutions reports that all of its systems are working today following two denial-of-service DDoS attacks earlier this week. The first DDoS attack hit their services Monday afternoon, June 21, while a consecutive attack occurred on Tuesday morning, June 21...

LulzSec take down CIA Website

LulzSec take down CIA Website The hacker group Lulz Security has claimed it has brought down the public-facing website of the US Central Intelligence Agency. Infamous for a series of high-profile hacks on Sony, Nintendo, the PBS, FBI affiliates, LulzSec claimed on Wednesday its responsibility for...

Three Alleged Anonymous Leaders Arrested in Spain

The New York Times is reporting that Spanish Law enforcement officials have arrested three individuals in connection with cyberattacks on Sony’s PlayStation Network as well as other corporations and governments around the world. The individuals are alleged to be leading members of the internet...

Sony: 'Very Professional, Sophisticated' Attackers Responsible for PSN Hack

Sony executives say that the people responsible for the attack that forced the company to shut down its PlayStation Network and other services and compromised data belonging to 77 million customers were “very professional, highly sophisticated” criminals who were able to infiltrate several of the...

#Anonymous attacks Iranian state websites

Anonymous attacks Iranian state websites The infamous Anonymous hacking group has crippled a string of Iranian state websites including those of the Office of the Supreme Leader, state police and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in attacks launched yesterday. The coordinated Distributed Denial of...

DDoS Attacks On LiveJournal Target Russian Anti Corruption Blogger

Unknown attackers have launched distributed denial of service attacks on a long list of blogs hosted on the social media site LiveJournal, including the blog of a prominent anti-corruption blogger in Russia. The attacks, which began on March 24, initially targeted the LiveJournal addresses...

Pushdo/Cutwail: August, 2010

One of the world’s most prolific botnets and a leading source of spam, denial of service attacks and malware, Pushdo was brought down by researchers at the security firm Last Line of Defense, who worked with hosting providers to seize 30 command-and-control servers involved in the botnet...