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.

As part of an ongoing initiative targeting computer attack “booter” services, the Justice Department today announced the court-authorized seizure of 13 internet domains associated with these ...

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has been busy setting up phony DDoS-for-hire websites that seek to collect information on users, remind them that launching DDoS attacks is illegal, ...

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week seized 13 domain names connected to “booter” services that let paying customers launch crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

Four individuals were arrested by Polish authorities for allegedly running a network of platforms used to conduct thousands of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks worldwide. The attacks, ...

Dutch police have written to customers of an on-demand booter service to dissuade them from committing cybercrimes. Booter services, also known as booters, are on-demand DDoS ...

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) ...