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Europe sees Radical Drop in DDoS Attacks Since Seizure of Webstresser Site

May 4, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

DDoS attacks have dropped by a whopping 60% across Europe following the April 24th takedown of the WebStresser platform, which Europol dubbed the largest DDoS-for-hire service on the market. According to German cybersecurity firm Link11, its … [Read more...] about Europe sees Radical Drop in DDoS Attacks Since Seizure of Webstresser Site

Filed Under: DDoS Tagged With: booter, DDoS attacks, DDoS-for-hire, Europe, Europol, Link11, Onur Cengiz, Operation Power Off, stresser, Webstresser, webstresser.org

Authorities Close Down Webstressor.org

April 30, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

‘Operation Power Off’, law enforcement efforts in the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands and elsewhere, have taken down the DDoS-for-hire webstresser.org (previously webstresser.co) website. At its takedown, there were apparently 136,000 registered users … [Read more...] about Authorities Close Down Webstressor.org

Filed Under: DDoS, Government, Hacking Tagged With: Brian Krebs, DDoS, DDoS-for-hire, Europol, Germany, Jovan Mirkovic, Netherlands, Operation Power Off, U.K., U.S., vDOS, Webstresser, webstresser.org

Hacker who Stole a Billion Dollars via Carbanak and Cobalt Malware Arrested

March 30, 2018 By News Team Leave a Comment

The leader of a cybercriminal gang who spearheaded the Carbanak and Cobalt malware attacks that targeted over 100 financial institutions worldwide has been arrested in Alicante, Spain. The Spanish National Police worked in partnership with Europol, … [Read more...] about Hacker who Stole a Billion Dollars via Carbanak and Cobalt Malware Arrested

Filed Under: Government, Hacking Tagged With: Anunak malware, Carbanak malware, Cobalt malware, cryptocurrency, cybercriminal gang, European Banking Federation, Europol, FBI, hacker, Malware, money laundering, Spain

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