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Lizard Squad DDoS-for-hire website compromised, stored passwords in plain text

The Lizard Squad, an Internet mayhem group, has recently been caught with their proverbial pants down when an attacker compromised the customer database of the group’s recently released distributed denial of service (DDoS) for hire service. The service, the “Lizard Stresser,” allows paying customers to trigger attacks against websites and networks that [...]

Lizard Squad and the DDoS-for-hire ecology explained by NexusGuard

Recently, Internet mayhem group Lizard Squad made news by ruining Christmas Day for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network users. Afterwards the group unveiled a distributed denial of service (DDoS) tool offered to the public that allows people to use the DDoS infrastructure to boot companies offline for a few seconds to a [...]

Looking back at DDoS in 2014: Most enduring attack trends

Attackers use distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt websites by bombarding them with traffic from multiple sources, resulting in online service becoming unavailable for a period of time. As a tool of distraction and frustration, DDoS has been with the Internet almost since its inception and during 2014 it saw [...]

Internet mayhem crew Lizard Squad now offering DDoS service for hire

Now infamous Internet mayhem crew Lizard Squad has just come out of an attention-grabbing holiday season with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against major gaming networks on Christmas Day to offer a DDoS service for hire. The service, billed as a stress tester, the “Lizard Stresser” was announced by the group [...]

FBI allegedly investigating member of Lizard Squad after Christmas Day DDoS

A member of now infamous Internet mayhem group, Lizard Squad, is allegedly under investigation by the FBI after speaking to the media about recent attacks against Microsoft’s Xbox Live and Sony Online Entertainment’s PlayStation Network on Christmas Day. The Lizard Squad member, who goes by the handle of “ryanc” or Ryan, According [...]

Predicting DDoS into 2015: Distributed attacks will only get badder maybe not bigger

The use of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) has become the mainstay of Internet mayhem groups, hactivist protests, and even hacker warfare. Across 2014 there has been a certain amount of evolution of the tactics seen from previous years, but it’s also the same types of attacks and uses seen in [...]

Sony strikes back at hackers with DDoS attacks

New leaks of stolen internal documents from Sony Corporation are being dumped on the web almost daily since the firm was hacked, but now it’s fighting back with some dirty tricks of its own. A report in Re/Code reveals Sony is using surreptitious methods to block anyone who’s trying to download its [...]

This week in DDoS: Xbox Live and PlayStation Network edition

Over the past week, the online gaming services that support Microsoft’s Xbox consoles and Sony’s PlayStation consoles have faced service disruptions thought to be caused by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The hacker group Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility in multiple cases as gaming services work to mitigate the damage. In [...]

Black Lotus Report: DDoS volume decreasing but attackers becoming more sophisticated

A new report from Black Lotus, a leader in availability security and provider of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection, shows that attackers are using less bandwidth to cause trouble but are getting smarter about how their attacks work. Distributed Denial of Service attacks have become as common as bad weather for [...]

Samsung users vulnerable to DDoS attacks via Find My Mobile service

“Find my phone” apps are becoming more popular and the majority of smartphones are released with these built-in tracking systems. These systems make it easy to remotely lock or wipe your phone if you happen to misplace it or it is stolen. The problem arises when hackers can exploit these services, like [...]

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