Teenagers are behind many of the web attacks that cripple websites and knock people offline, suggests an FBI study. Presented at the Black Hat security conference the study scrutinised so-called ...

The past few years have witnessed a rapid proliferation of cheap, Web-based services that troublemakers can hire to knock virtually any person or site offline for hours on end. Such services succeed ...

It may soon become easier for Internet service providers to anticipate and block certain types of online assaults launched by Web-based attack-for-hire services known as “booter” or “stresser” ...

A long-running law enforcement operation continued this week after US authorities announced the seizure of 13 internet domains linked to DDoS-for-hire services. The Department of Justice (DoJ) ...

Internet criminals are sidestepping the need to launch DDoS attack from large networks of malware-compromised bot PCs by using simpler server ‘booter shells’, mitigation firm Prolexic has warned.

U.S. officials say they have seized dozens of domains linked to some of the world’s leading distributed-denial-of-service-for-hire websites. But TechCrunch found that several of the seized sites are ...

Presented at the Black Hat security conference the study scrutinised so-called "booter" services that carry out denial of service attacks. The study investigated how attacks were carried out and ...