KrebsOnSecurity in New ‘Most Wanted’ HBO Max Series

A new documentary series about cybercrime airing next month on HBO Max features interviews with Yours Truly. The four-part series follows the exploits of Julius Kivimäki , a prolific Finnish hacker recently convicted of leaking tens of thousands of patient records from an online psychotherapy...

What Really Happened in the Aftermath of the Lizard Squad Hacks

On Christmas Day in 2014 hackers knocked out the Xbox and PlayStation gaming networks, impacting how video game companies handled cybersecurity for years...

Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France

Julius "Zeekill" Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for more than 22,000 patients online, was arrested this week in France. A notorious hacker convicted of perpetrating tens of thousands of cybercrimes, Kivimä...

DDoS Attacker Who Ruined Gamers' Christmas Gets 27 Months in Prison

A 23-year-old hacker from Utah who launched a series of DDoS attacks against multiple online services, websites, and online gaming companies between December 2013 and January 2014 has been sentenced to 27 months in prison. Austin Thompson, a.k.a. "DerpTroll," pledged guilty back in November 2018...

Bomb Threat Hoaxer, DDos Boss Gets 3 Years

The ringleader of a gang of cyber hooligans that made bomb threats against hundreds of schools and launched distributed denial-of-service DDoS attacks against Web sites -- including KrebsOnSecurity on multiple occasions -- has been sentenced to three years in a U.K. prison, and faces the...

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,"...

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 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...

Six U.K. Teens Arrested for using Lizard Squad's DDoS Tool

Six British teenagers arrested and released on bail on suspicion of launching cyber attacks on websites and services with the help of Lizard Squad DDoS attack tool, called Lizard Stresser. Lizard Squad is infamous for hacking and knocking down the largest online gaming networks – PlayStation...

Malware And Hacking Forum Seized, Dozens Arrested

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 70 people suspected of carrying out cyber criminal activities associated with one of the most active underground web forums known as Darkode. Darkode, also used by notorious Lizard Squad, was an online bazaar for cyber criminals...

17-Year-Old Lizard Squad Member Found Guilty Of 50,700 Hacking Charges

An alleged member of Lizard Squad, who claimed responsibility for knocking Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft's Xbox Live offline late last year has been convicted of 50,700 counts of cyber crime. The infamous computer hacker gang Lizard Squad launched massive Distributed Denial-of-Service...

DDoS Botnet Leverages Thousands of Insecure SOHO Routers

Small office and home office SOHO routers are an increasingly common target for cybercriminals, not because of any vulnerability, but because most routers are loosely managed and often deployed with default administrator credentials. A new report suggests that hackers are using large botnet of te...

56 Hackers Arrested in Cyber Crime 'Strike Week' Raids in UK

The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency NCA has arrested 56 suspected hackers in a campaign against cybercrime called "strike week." Law-enforcement officials conducted, in total, 25 separate operations across England, Scotland and Wales, and those arrested were suspected in a wide range of...

Lenovo Website has been Hacked

Lenovo.com, the official website of world's largest PC maker has been hacked. At the time of writing, users visiting Lenovo.com website saw a teenager's slideshow and hacker also added song "Breaking Free" from High School Musical movie to the page background. It appears that Lizard Squad hacking...

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...

Taylor Swift's Twitter and Instagram Accounts Hacked

The very popular Pop star Taylor Swift became the latest celebrity to have their social media accounts hacked on Tuesday. The 25-year-old "Shake It Off" singer, who has the fourth-most popular Twitter account with 51.4 million followers, appeared to be asking her millions of followers to follow...