Indexing the Dark Web One Hacking Forum At A Time

CANCUN–There are only so many ways to tip-toe around some of the Internet’s darker, seedier corners. Sites offering illegal drugs, DDoS for hire and other questionable merchandise are often laden with malware, hazardous to visit, and in turn, can be hard to fully get a grip on. But according to...

Hacktivist Group Anonymous (#OpISIS) Takes Down Islamic State (ISIS) Social Media Accounts

The hacktivist group Anonymous has launched a massive cyber attack against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS — the radical Islamic terrorist group who were responsible for the terrorist attack against the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. With huge social media presence,...

UFONet Open Redirect DDoS Attack

UFONet – is a tool designed to launch DDoS attacks against a target, using ‘Open Redirect’ vectors on third party web applications, like botnet. See this links for more info: CWE-601:Open Redirect OWASP:URL Redirector Abuse Installing UFONet UFONet runs on many platforms. It requires Python 2.x.y...

JVN#27142693: NP-BBRM vulnerable in UPnP functionality

NP-BBRM provided by I-O DATA DEVICE, INC. is a LAN router. NP-BBRM contains a vulnerability in the UPnP functionality. Impact The device may be used in a DDoS attack, as a SSDP reflector. Solution Disable UPnP Disable UPnP functionality from the management configuration in the settings screen...

How to detect NTP amplification attack vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

NTP vulnerabilities related articles in the Drops there have been, and more than one article, the reason for yet another translation of this article, but the article's overall idea is very good, hope to see this article help you. BTW: this translation is more casual, but did not destroy the...

LizardSquad DDoS Stresser Cross Site Scripting / Session Tampering

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LizardSquad DDoS Stresser - Multiple Vulnerabilities

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LizardSquad DDoS Stresser - Multiple Vulnerabilities

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UK Police Arrested Second Hacker Over PlayStation and Xbox DDoS attacks

A UK man linked to the notorious hacking group, Lizard Squad, that claimed responsibility for knocking Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live offline on Christmas Day has been arrested by the United Kingdom police. Lizard Squad launched simultaneous Distributed Denial-of-Service DDo...

Teen Arrested in UK for Xbox, PlayStation Attacks

Police in the UK, working in cooperation with the FBI, arrested an 18-year-old man Friday in connection with recent DDoS attacks on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live services. The authorities arrested the unnamed man in Southport, and he is being held on suspicion of computer crime and...

Lizard Squad's DDoS Site Runs on Hacked Home Routers

The distributed denial of service attacks that crippled both Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network PSN shortly after the holidays came at the hands of a botnet largely comprised of hacked home routers. The botnet is managed by Lizard Squad, the group of hackers that took credit for knocking the...

Hacker Leaks Xbox One SDK that could let Developers make Homebrew Apps

Just a week ago on Christmas, the massive Distributed Denial of Service DDoS attack from the notorious hacking group Lizard Squad knocked Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live offline, but as if it wasn't the end of disaster for Microsoft. This time it isn't a case of services bein...

North Korea Sanctions Handed Out in Sony Hack

President Obama today signed an Executive Order authorizing sanctions against North Korea for its alleged involvement in the Sony hack. The FBI on Dec. 19 formally blamed the hack on the North Korean government; the attack destroyed workstations and resulted in the loss of employee personal and...

Two 'Lizard Squad' Hackers Arrested After Christmas DDoS Attacks

A 22-year-old man linked to the notorious hacking group, Lizard Squad, that claimed responsibility for knocking Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live offline on Christmas Day was arrested by the United Kingdom police on Monday. Lizard Squad launched simultaneous Distributed...

Хакеры «украли» Рождество у геймеров Xbox Live и PlayStation

Настоящему геймеру нет ничего приятнее, чем в новогоднюю/рождественскую ночь уединиться с игровой приставкой и оторваться по полной, когда все вокруг радуются смене последнего разряда в номере года. К сожалению, в этом году хакерская группа Lizard Squad подложила геймерам большую свинью, испортил...

Lizard Squad vs Anonymous — 'PlayStation, Xbox and Tor Network' Attacks

It was the sad Christmas day for gamers all around the world!! A lot of people get new PlayStations and Xboxes on Christmas, but this Christmas they bought the game, popped it into the console for online gaming, and what they found? Oh Crap! I can't log on. It was the notorious hacker group "Liza...

For patch NTP-Network Time Protocol vulnerabilities, Apple released the first Auto-Update Patch-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Last night, Apple released its first automated patch, used to repair Appleoperating systemon the keyNetwork Time Protocol（NTP）vulnerabilitiesthe. The patch can be automatically patched, and does not require the user to restart the operation. NTP Network TimeProtocol, the Network Time Protocol, is...

First Time Ever Apple Automatically Pushes Security Patch for Mac OS

First time ever in the History, Apple Inc. has pushed out an automatic security update for Macintosh OS X computers to address a critical security issue that, according to the company, was too risky to wait for users to patch after seeking their prior approval. Despite having the ability for year...

North Korea Online Amid 'Proportional Response' Speculation

Ten hours after North Korea’s fragile and limited Internet connectivity disappeared on Monday, the isolated country was back online last night. While that much is certain, it’s still unknown who was behind the outage and why. Naturally, after promising on Friday a “proportional response,” immedia...

Exploits Circulating for Remote Code Execution Flaws in NTP Protocol

Researchers at Google have uncovered several serious vulnerabilities in the Network Time Protocol and experts warn that there are exploits publicly available for some of the bugs. The vulnerabilities are present in all versions of NTP prior to 4.2.8 and include several buffer overflows that are...