2012
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Week in review: Blackhole 2.0 is out, Windows 8 users open to Flash exploits, and botnet C&Cs hidden in the Tor network
Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Apache HTTP Server set to ignore IE10's Do Not Track request Microsoft's decision to make…
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Tactics of an SQL Injection Attack
Over the last few months, I’ve started to see a common refrain from new customers coming onboard, indicating that they were getting DDOS’d with an SQL injection and…
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Microsoft's study into unsecure supply chains leads to botnet disruption
Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit has disrupted the functioning of yet another botnet by effecting a takedown of a domain which was also hosting over 500 different strains of…
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Botnet operators hide C&Cs in the Tor network
Over the years, botnet owners have tried out different tactics for keeping their C&C servers online, in contact with the zombie computers, and hidden from researchers and law…
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Millions of GoDaddy sites go offline due to alleged DDoS attack
GoDaddy, on of the biggest and most popular Internet domain registrars and web hosting companies in the world, has suffered an outage on Monday that left many of…
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DDoS attack on GoDaddy takes down millions of websites
A massive DDoS attack struck GoDaddy’s name servers today, temporarily plunging thousands of websites into the internet abyss. “GoDaddy, the massive Web hosting company, went down on Monday,…
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Teenager who launched Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack on high profile websites says life is ‘serene’ offline
A Scots teenager who admitted hacking into the websites of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) and other prominent organisations said life is “serene” without access to the…
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Arizona man sentenced for Distributed Denial of Service ‘DDoS’ attack
A man who was reportedly part of one of the first “DDOS-for-hire” electronic attack hit squads will serve two-and-a-half years in prison for selling access to malware-infected computers.…
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Arizona man goes to prison for selling access to botnets
Joshua Schichtel was sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling command-and-control access to and use of thousands of malware-infected computers. In addition to his prison term, Schichtel…
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Botnet ‘controller’ jailed in US
A US hacker, who sold access to thousands of hijacked home computers, is jailed for 30 months.